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ROBERT LOWELL MCCURDY
Captain · U.S. Army
April 29, 1938 – May 26, 1970
Service recordRobert Lowell McCurdy, of Tekoa, Washington, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 29, 1938
- Home of record
- Tekoa, Washington (Whitman County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1970
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 105
- HAROLD RAYMOND MCCORD JRCorporal · May 26, 1970
- EDWARD TERRY OBRIENChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 26, 1970
- VERNON EARL SCHROCKCorporal · May 26, 1970
- KENNETH WILLIAM SCULLYFirst Lieutenant · May 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HANCIL EVERT HOWELL JRSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 103
- THOMAS ARTHUR LOLLARSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 104
- VERNON EARL SCHROCKCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 105
From Tekoa
- WILLIAM PENN WALL IIISecond Lieutenant · April 1, 1970
- GREG EUGENE WEIGHTMANSpecialist Four · May 12, 1970
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.