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ROBERT RAOUL DOWDS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 9, 1950 – May 5, 1970
Service recordRobert Raoul Dowds, of Chicopee, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 100
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- December 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Chicopee, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 100
- GARY WAYNE BROWNSergeant · May 5, 1970
- LARRY DANIEL BUFFINGTONSergeant · May 5, 1970
- FRANCISCO TERONI CARVAJALStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EDWARD HERNDONPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 102
- RODNEY KENNETH MILLSStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 104
- WILLIAM HOWARD SHALLERSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 106
- ROSCOE SYBERTSergeant First Class · Panel 11W, Line 107
From Chicopee
- ROBERT OMER GAGNEFirst Lieutenant · July 28, 1967
- ROBERT RICHARD TOLPACorporal · August 24, 1968
- ROGER JOSEPH DUMONTPrivate First Class · March 28, 1969
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.