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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Robert Frederick Fage JR.

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ROBERT FREDERICK FAGE JR

Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

March 17, 1936 – April 28, 1970

Service record

Robert Frederick Fage JR, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 28, 1970, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 11W · Line 63

Position of Panel 11W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
Service
Regular
Born
March 17, 1936
Home of record
Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)

Casualty

Date of death
April 28, 1970
Age
34
Province
Gia Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

18 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1970; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 11W, Line 63

From Los Angeles

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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.