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JOAQUIN ROBLES
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 16, 1946 – September 15, 1968
Service recordJoaquin Robles, of Luquillo, Puerto Rico, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 66
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Luquillo, Puerto Rico (Luquillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1968. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 66
- HAROLD ONEAL JRLance Corporal · September 15, 1968
- STANLEY RUSSELL PETTITCorporal · September 15, 1968
- JERRY LYNN POEPrivate First Class · September 15, 1968
- PETER BERNARD RICHFirst Lieutenant · September 15, 1968
- EDDIE LEE RILEYPrivate First Class · September 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LOUIS J COFRANCESCO JRCorporal · Panel 44W, Line 67
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.