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ROBERT ADAM KANESKI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 23, 1937 – March 23, 1968
Service recordRobert Adam Kaneski, of Chino, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 64
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 23, 1937
- Home of record
- Chino, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 64
- CLARENCE DAWKINS JRLance Corporal · March 23, 1968
- DONALD FRANCIS LANDERSCorporal · March 23, 1968
- MICHAEL D LAWRENCEPrivate First Class · March 23, 1968
- FRANK RALPH MELL JRPrivate First Class · March 23, 1968
From Chino
- ARTHUR DIAZ ESQUEDAPetty Officer Third Class · September 21, 1967
- PATRICK SHAWN HEDERMANPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- CHARLIE LOPEZ PARTIDAPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- LARRY HERRERASergeant · May 2, 1970
- DAVID GERALD WEBERSpecialist Four · June 9, 1970
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.