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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Robert Dale Walsh.

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ROBERT DALE WALSH

Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

March 8, 1948 – April 27, 1970

Service record

Robert Dale Walsh, of Mt Savage Junction, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 27, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 11W · Line 62

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Regular
Born
March 8, 1948
Home of record
Mt Savage Junction, Maryland (Allegany County)

Casualty

Date of death
April 27, 1970
Age
22
Province
Thua Thien
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

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28 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From Mt Savage Junction

Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.