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ROBERT MOFFETT DOWLING
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
July 22, 1938 – January 12, 1966
Service recordRobert Moffett Dowling, of Centralia, Washington, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1966, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Born
- July 22, 1938
- Home of record
- Centralia, Washington (Lewis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 67
- JAIME IRIZARRY-PEREZStaff Sergeant · January 12, 1966
- ROBERT LEROY KILLABREWStaff Sergeant · January 12, 1966
- RUSSELL WILFORD KISTLERChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 12, 1966
- LEE EDWARD ROSENWASSERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
From Centralia
- JESSE LEE HARRISStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1966
- GARY ALLEN DIEUPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
- KENNETH HANS RUDCaptain · February 6, 1967
- DAVID STANLEY PRICESergeant · March 11, 1968
- GERALD DAVID AITONPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- ELMER ODELL WRAYMaster Sergeant · November 13, 1968
- DENNIS RAY WEGNERSergeant · December 10, 1968
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.