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ROBERT W SATTERFIELD
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
March 28, 1942 – April 16, 1969
Service recordRobert W Satterfield, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 97
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 28, 1942
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 97
- WILLIAM MICHAEL KONYUWarrant Officer 1 · April 16, 1969
- ROBERT LOUIS RODGERSSpecialist Five · April 16, 1969
- ROBERT PAUL ROEHMERStaff Sergeant · April 16, 1969
- FREDRICK STANLEY SHAVELSpecialist Four · April 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PETER CLARK LITTLEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27W, Line 96
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.