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ROBERT LYNN DANCE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 1, 1947 – August 8, 1969
Service recordRobert Lynn Dance, of Riverside, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 112
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Riverside, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 112
- ROBERT WAYNE COOPERSpecialist Four · August 8, 1969
- GARY WAYNE COXPrivate First Class · August 8, 1969
- PEDRO DEHERRERAFirst Sergeant · August 8, 1969
- BRUCE ALLEN EAMICKSpecialist Four · August 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL JUDSON MATHISChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 20W, Line 114
From Riverside
- THEODORE BERT PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- WILLIAM RONALD GRAYSONCommander · April 1, 1966
- FRANK BRENNAN PARISHLance Corporal · June 18, 1966
- BRAD WILLIAM MORANDPrivate First Class · July 12, 1966
- ROBBIN ADAIR GOODWINPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- PATRICK LEE WOODLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- VINCENT JOSEPH BENEGASLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
- RICHARD ELZIE VEACHSpecialist Four · May 28, 1967
- DENNIS EUGENE MONFILSPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- HECTOR FUENTESHospitalman · July 2, 1967
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.