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ROBERT MELVIN DOW
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
October 22, 1942 – December 19, 1972
Service recordRobert Melvin Dow, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 19, 1972, in North Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 96
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Born
- October 22, 1942
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1972
- Age
- 30
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1972. In December 1972, 75 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Linebacker II was under way. In Linebacker II (18–29 December 1972), B-52s and fighter-bombers struck Hanoi and Haiphong for eleven days; fifteen B-52s were lost to SA-2 missiles before North Vietnam returned to the Paris talks.
Read the history
Also on Panel 1W, Line 96
- FRANCIS XAVIER EGANCaptain · December 19, 1972
- CHARLIE SHERMAN POOLEChief Master Sergeant · December 19, 1972
- LARRY DEAN SCHUMACHERAirman Apprentice · December 19, 1972
- ARTHUR VINCENT MCLAUGHLIN JRChief Master Sergeant · December 20, 1972
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 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.