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ROBERT DENNIS BLACK JR
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
June 30, 1945 – January 11, 1971
Service recordRobert Dennis Black JR, of Tallahassee, Florida, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 39
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Tallahassee, Florida (Leon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 39
- EDWARD WAYNE BETHARDSCorporal · January 11, 1971
- RICHARD VINCENT BLACKBURNCorporal · January 11, 1971
- LEE WILLIAM CLORECorporal · January 11, 1971
- ALLEN RAY GRAYSpecialist Four · January 11, 1971
From Tallahassee
- JACK MCBRIDE LISLESergeant First Class · January 1, 1963
- CLAYTON LEON CRUCEPrivate · June 21, 1965
- JOHN RICHARD BALLARDFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOHNSONCaptain · October 6, 1966
- DOYLE WELLS REEVESLance Corporal · March 11, 1967
- MARVIN ZION BROCK JRCorporal · April 16, 1967
- JERRY GRANT INGRAMPrivate First Class · September 27, 1967
- ELZIE EUGENE SAMUELSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- OSCAR LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
- DANNY WADE ALDAYHospitalman · June 14, 1968
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.