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ROBERT EARL DEW
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 11, 1948 – August 30, 1970
Service recordRobert Earl Dew, of Raeford, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 24
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ew/Sigint Morse Interceptor (05H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Raeford, North Carolina (Hoke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 7W, Line 24
- RODGER PINKNEY CROWSpecialist Four · August 30, 1970
- KEITH RICHARD DAVIESPrivate First Class · August 30, 1970
- ANTONIO AMBROSIO GRAUSpecialist Four · August 30, 1970
- GARY KEITH MORESergeant · August 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PAUL JASPER AUSTIN JRSpecialist Five · Panel 7W, Line 23
From Raeford
- JEROME LOMAC MCCORMICKPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- SAM DIXON WARLICKSecond Lieutenant · November 30, 1967
- KENNETH WAYNE FLOYDCorporal · May 7, 1968
- HENRY FLOYD NUGENT JRSergeant First Class · July 8, 1968
- JOHN MONROE PRATTSpecialist Four · May 6, 1969
- JAMES CLYDE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
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.