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ROBERT MORTON KAIL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 15, 1946 – October 22, 1967
Service recordRobert Morton Kail, of Monroe City, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 50
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Monroe City, Indiana (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 50
- JIMMIE WAYNE JONESCorporal · October 22, 1967
- JAMES MILTON MCCORMICKSpecialist Four · October 22, 1967
- LARRY RAY MCDUFFIEPrivate First Class · October 22, 1967
- LAWRENCE J STARKWarrant Officer 1 · October 22, 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.