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ROBERT FLOYD DICE
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 7, 1949 – March 17, 1970
Service recordRobert Floyd Dice, of Akron, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 12
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1970; nine of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 12
- WILLIAM FRANCIS BROOKSPrivate First Class · March 17, 1970
- HUGH CLOWER JRSpecialist Five · March 17, 1970
- ROBERT WAYNE CULVERPrivate First Class · March 17, 1970
- CARL LOUIS GILBERTSONSpecialist Four · March 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND SIDNEY KIPPSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 13
- RICHARD ALLEN MOHRSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 14
From Akron
- PAUL R HELTSLEY IIIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1964
- ANDREW MILLARD KEACaptain · May 16, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD FRAZEE JRSergeant · May 28, 1965
- FRANK WILLARD WILSONCorporal · June 6, 1965
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · July 5, 1965
- RICHARD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- WAYNE HULEN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 1966
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.