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ROBERT A VONBISCHOFFSHAUSEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 4, 1948 – August 8, 1968
Service recordRobert A Vonbischoffshausen, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 34
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Elizabeth, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 34
- JOSEPH PATRICK TOOMEYLance Corporal · August 8, 1968
- ALAN DALE TRUCANOSergeant · August 8, 1968
- LARRY JEROME TYLERSergeant · August 8, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL WALSHSpecialist Four · August 8, 1968
From Elizabeth
- CHARLES EARNEST IANNUZZICorporal · August 18, 1965
- DAVID BASHAWPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- MICHAEL PIASCIKCorporal · July 6, 1966
- MANZIE GLOVER JRSpecialist Four · September 19, 1966
- FREDERICK GEORGE WHEELERSergeant First Class · March 22, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES BRADYPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- DENNIS RUTHStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- JOSEPH MAIUROLance Corporal · August 17, 1967
- CHARLES JAMES HOLLANDSergeant First Class · August 18, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL GALLAGHERCorporal · September 14, 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.