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ROBERT RANDALL CECIL
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
December 27, 1936 – July 13, 1972
Service recordRobert Randall Cecil, of Ossineke, Michigan, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 13, 1972, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 56
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
- Aviation Electronics Technician (AT)
- Born
- December 27, 1936
- Home of record
- Ossineke, Michigan (Alpena County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1972
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1972. In July 1972, 53 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in South Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 56
- JAMES LINTON HUARDCaptain · July 12, 1972
- SAMUEL ODONNELL JRCaptain · July 12, 1972
- MICHAEL ALAN HILLSergeant · July 13, 1972
- WAYNE GORDON BROWN IIMajor · July 17, 1972
From Ossineke
- BRUCE EDWARD HAHNStaff Sergeant · May 6, 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.