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ROBERT LYNN UFFORD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 7, 1948 – February 4, 1970
Service recordRobert Lynn Ufford, of Vernal, Utah, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Vernal, Utah (Uintah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 102
- DANNY RAY ROBERTSSpecialist Four · February 4, 1970
- JOHN MARSHALL SMITHSpecialist Four · February 4, 1970
- GERALD DOUGLAS TOMLINSONCorporal · February 4, 1970
- LUIS ANGEL ALANIZPrivate First Class · February 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DUANE CLIFFORD LARSONSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 99
- PATRICK LERVILLE COLEPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 100
- ROBERT ORVILLE COLLINSSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 100
- ROOSEVELT GEORGE DOCKERYCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 100
- MICHAEL LLOYD NEUDAHLSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 101
- GERALD DOUGLAS TOMLINSONCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 102
From Vernal
- RICHARD AUGUST HEINPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- GARY DODDS HALLSpecialist Five · March 4, 1968
- WILBERT DWAYNE KANOSHCorporal · January 30, 1969
- ROY WILLIAM GARDINERSpecialist Four · April 18, 1970
- DEAN L AITKENSergeant · May 4, 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.