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ROBERT GREER STRANGE
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
November 8, 1935 – January 15, 1967
Service recordRobert Greer Strange, of Oakland, California, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 38
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 147 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 8, 1935
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “147 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 38
- HOMER LEE REAVESPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH RODGERSPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD SMITHPlatoon Sergeant · January 15, 1967
- JERRY WAYNE SPROUSEPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- A J BOTTOMChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 14E, Line 31
- THOMAS JOHN HARTYSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 35
- KENNETH WARREN TEETERSpecialist Five · Panel 14E, Line 39
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 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.