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ROBERT DEAN LINGLE
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 2, 1950 – August 22, 1969
Service recordRobert Dean Lingle, of Dixon, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Dixon, Missouri (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 95
- ROBERT LEE KETELAARSpecialist Four · August 22, 1969
- PETER ALAN KIDDSpecialist Four · August 22, 1969
- MOSES IWANE KUAHIWINUI JRSpecialist Four · August 22, 1969
- ADREN ANDREW LEEPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
From Dixon
- MICHEAL RAY HARLAMERTWarrant Officer 1 · August 20, 1968
- JAMES SAMUEL JORDANPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- RENNIE JOE BAKER JRCorporal · July 11, 1969
- BERNARD HERMAN BAXPrivate First Class · May 8, 1970
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.