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ROBERT THOMAS EFAW
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
November 10, 1945 – August 24, 1965
Service recordRobert Thomas Efaw, of Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 24, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 120
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
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 MED BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- November 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Waynesburg, Pennsylvania (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1965. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 120
- WILBERT CLAUDE DAVISSergeant · October 12, 1965
- CHARLES FRANKLIN KANE JRCaptain · October 12, 1965
- LEROY FRANKLIN MINNIXPrivate First Class · October 12, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JOHN MILTON STARKES JRPrivate First Class · October 12, 1965
From Waynesburg
- GLENN CHALFANT HOPESWarrant Officer 1 · December 29, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD HILLCaptain · April 27, 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.