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ROBERT FORD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 21, 1949 – February 1, 1970
Service recordRobert Ford, of Grady, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 89
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Grady, Alabama (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 89
- LEON AUBREY FENTRESSCorporal · February 1, 1970
- MARK ANTHONY FOSTERLance Corporal · February 1, 1970
- WILLIAM KENNETH GARRITYPrivate First Class · February 1, 1970
- CHARLES VERNON GREENLance Corporal · February 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM KENNETH GARRITYPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 89
- RONALD EUGENE ROBINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 91
- LARRY HUGH TRUSSELLPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 91
From Grady
- ROBERT KEAL MOSIERCaptain · July 18, 1963
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.