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ROBERT DAWSON ROTHER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 24, 1949 – August 23, 1970
Service recordRobert Dawson Rother JR, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 134
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- November 24, 1949
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1970; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 134
- ROBERT GARLAND SIMES JRSpecialist Four · August 23, 1970
- SAM EUGENE STOUTStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1970
- EVERETT EARL WELLS JRSergeant · August 23, 1970
- JOHN FREDRICK WERNERSpecialist Five · August 23, 1970
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.