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ROBERT ALAN LABUDA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 17, 1947 – February 8, 1968
Service recordRobert Alan Labuda, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 31
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
114 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1968; eight of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
He died in Định Tường Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 31
- HOWARD LEO JOSELANECaptain · February 8, 1968
- LEE CHARLES KINNEYCorporal · February 8, 1968
- MARK ANDREW KOLVEKPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- ARTHUR WILLIAM LAMORTELance Corporal · February 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD FRED CAVANAUGHSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 19
- ROBERT DEAN FLEERCaptain · Panel 38E, Line 27
- GLENN DOUGLAS MOOREWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 38E, Line 33
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 1966
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.