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ROBERT DOERING
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 16, 1948 – May 1, 1970
Service recordRobert Doering, of Clairton, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 79
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Clairton, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 79
- ROBERT LEE COLLETT JRStaff Sergeant · May 1, 1970
- PAUL MARION DAILEYCorporal · May 1, 1970
- LARRY ROY HENSHAWSergeant · May 1, 1970
- JIMMY ARNOLD HILLSergeant · May 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARTIN SAM HUSKASpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 80
- CHARLES HENRY KEFER JRCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 80
- CHARLES DAVID LOWNESPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 81
- JACK ALDEN NOONCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 81
- PAUL FRANK ROGALSKESergeant · Panel 11W, Line 81
From Clairton
- JAMES LLOYD PETTIFORDLance Corporal · September 21, 1966
- DENNIS MICHAEL WARGOLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- WILLIAM NOEL COLEPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- WAYNE A PODLESNIKPrivate First Class · October 15, 1967
- ALBERT EDWIN SMITHSergeant First Class · May 9, 1968
- FREDRICK PAUL GILLENSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
- TERRY LYLE BOOTHPrivate First Class · October 15, 1969
- DAVID LELAND SMITHCorporal · August 18, 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.