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ROBERT ALAN AMSPACHER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 12, 1947 – December 25, 1968
Service recordRobert Alan Amspacher, of Norman, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 25, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Norman, Oklahoma (Cleveland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 25, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 75
- PATRICK LEONARD WOODSFirst Lieutenant · December 24, 1968
- LOUIS ARTHUR WUEST JRPrivate First Class · December 24, 1968
- PAUL WILLIAM BAKERSpecialist Four · December 25, 1968
- KENNETH MARK BRYANTSergeant · December 25, 1968
From Norman
- JERRY ROBERT JONESStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE MCWILLIAMSPrivate First Class · December 15, 1965
- JOHN MICHAEL TIFFANYPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- CHARLEY LE MEAR MOUNTPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
- WILLIAM WEBB BLAIR JRCorporal · December 21, 1968
- DAVID PHILLIP NEISLARLieutenant (junior grade) · February 20, 1969
- RAMEY LEO CARPENTERLieutenant · March 31, 1969
- CHARLES DWAINE ROBERTSSecond Lieutenant · August 12, 1969
- LARRY GENE MORGANSpecialist Four · May 8, 1970
- ALLAN LESLIE SMITHMajor · May 10, 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.