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CECILIO ROBLES JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 1, 1949 – May 23, 1970
Service recordCecilio Robles JR, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 1, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 87
- STEPHEN JOHN PERKINSSpecialist Four · May 23, 1970
- RICHARD THOMAS PRIDDYCaptain · May 23, 1970
- GEORGE RODRIGUEZLance Corporal · May 23, 1970
- JAMES ERWIN RUSSSpecialist Four · May 23, 1970
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.