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RICHARD ROBERT OBERT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 4, 1945 – July 27, 1968
Service recordRichard Robert Obert, of Modesto, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Flute Or Piccolo Player (02G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- April 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Modesto, California (Stanislaus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 19
- RICHARD VINCENT DALYSpecialist Four · July 27, 1968
- RUSSELL GENE HOFERCorporal · July 27, 1968
- MICHAEL THOMAS MAJESKILance Corporal · July 27, 1968
- DONALD GONZALES PACHECOSpecialist Four · July 27, 1968
From Modesto
- ERNEST KAY GERHARDTPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- JACK DALE MCCLURECaptain · December 31, 1965
- JOSEPH ANTHONY RANDAZZOLance Corporal · January 31, 1966
- NEAL ARTHUR RASMUSSENStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1966
- JOHN ROY MARKILLIEPetty Officer Third Class · June 21, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM BARTLOWLance Corporal · July 18, 1966
- DONALD CHARLES VAUGHANSpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
- JOHN CHARLES WEBORGCorporal · January 23, 1967
- RICHARD LYNN PARHAMPrivate First Class · January 30, 1967
- ROBERT NICOLAS STAUDSeaman · March 6, 1967
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.