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ROBERT PAUL RADCLIFF JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 15, 1949 – July 2, 1970
Service recordRobert Paul Radcliff JR, of Akron, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 113
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1970; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 113
- WILLIAM DALE SECORSergeant · July 2, 1970
- ROGER DALE SUMRALLSergeant · July 2, 1970
- FRANK ANTHONY WEBSTERSpecialist Four · July 2, 1970
- REXFORD EARLE WILSONSpecialist Four · July 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD JOHN CONRARDYPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 110
- ROBERT WILLIAM ZOLLER IISpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 110
- STEPHEN JAMES HARBERSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 111
- THOMAS HAYDEN HERNDONSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 111
- THOMAS THEODORE HEWITTCaptain · Panel 9W, Line 111
- LEE NEWLUN LENZSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 111
- ARTHUR DARNELL NEALStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 112
- ROGER DALE SUMRALLSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 113
From Akron
- PAUL R HELTSLEY IIIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1964
- ANDREW MILLARD KEACaptain · May 16, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD FRAZEE JRSergeant · May 28, 1965
- FRANK WILLARD WILSONCorporal · June 6, 1965
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · July 5, 1965
- RICHARD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- WAYNE HULEN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 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.