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ROBERT LEE FOZZARD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 19, 1937 – May 20, 1970
Service recordRobert Lee Fozzard, of Murphysboro, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 19, 1937
- Home of record
- Murphysboro, Illinois (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1970
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 70
- GARY WAYNE GEARSergeant · May 20, 1970
- KENNETH MERVIN GRAYCorporal · May 20, 1970
- JAMES JOSEPH HAZARDCorporal · May 20, 1970
- THOMAS JOSH KELSO JRPrivate First Class · May 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH MERVIN GRAYCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 70
- DAVID LORENZO VIGILPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 72
From Murphysboro
- MICHAEL PHILIP SCHWEBELPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- MICHAEL EUGENE OGUINNPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
- THOMAS DEAN CONGIARDOPrivate First Class · October 8, 1966
- FRANK EVERETT REYNOLDSSpecialist Four · March 4, 1967
- DAVID WAYNE QUALLSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
- OLIVER KASPER KORANDOSergeant · May 10, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN MCGEATHPrivate First Class · July 14, 1968
- JOHN RAY MIFFLINSergeant · April 23, 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.