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ROBERT LANE FALLOWS
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
June 2, 1948 – February 26, 1970
Service recordRobert Lane Fallows, of Charlotte, North Carolina, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 26, 1970, in An Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 57
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 Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- COMNAVSUPPACT SGN DET YRBM 21
- Born
- June 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Charlotte, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- An Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1970; nine of them were lost in An Giang Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “COMNAVSUPPACT SGN DET YRBM 21”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 13W, Line 57
- MARTIN JOSEPH BENSONFirst Lieutenant · February 26, 1970
- THERMON HENRY EMORY JRPetty Officer First Class · February 26, 1970
- MICHAEL JOHN FLEMINGSergeant · February 26, 1970
- FRANK BARD GLENDENNINGPetty Officer Third Class · February 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RONALD STEPHEN BAYPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 13W, Line 56
- FRANK BARD GLENDENNINGPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 13W, Line 57
- ARCHIE CARL WABSCHALL IIIPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 13W, Line 60
From Charlotte
- HARRY WILLIAM LOVE JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- EDWARD DEAN BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · July 29, 1965
- TROY MILLER THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- REGINALD ALVIN WATKINSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- GERRALD AUNDRE STANSELLSergeant · February 8, 1966
- FREDDIE WALLACE GREENSergeant · February 19, 1966
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- LOOMIS OGLESBY IIISpecialist Four · March 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS DIALPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- RONALD MARTIN SUTTONCorporal · March 18, 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.