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ROBERT FRANCIS FAVOR
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
March 7, 1939 – December 16, 1969
Service recordRobert Francis Favor served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 16, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 63
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Storekeeper (SK)
- Born
- March 7, 1939
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 63
- NICK ALLISON FINLEYLance Corporal · December 16, 1969
- KENNETH ALLISON FORD JRLance Corporal · December 16, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS GAGEStaff Sergeant · December 16, 1969
- FRANCIS MICHAEL GIRARDOTCaptain · December 16, 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.