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ROBERT LEWIS DIAL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 5, 1944 – March 15, 1966
Service recordRobert Lewis Dial, of Charlotte, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 9
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 5, 1944
- Home of record
- Charlotte, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 6E, Line 9
- STEADMON ADAMS JRPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- THOMAS J CHANDLER JRSpecialist Four · March 15, 1966
- RAYMOND ANTHONY RANELLUCCIPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
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
- RONALD MARTIN SUTTONCorporal · March 18, 1966
- LARRY EDWARD CRANFORDPrivate First Class · May 25, 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.