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ROBERT ALFRED VINTON JR
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
August 1, 1947 – April 30, 1968
Service recordRobert Alfred Vinton JR, of Shaker Heights, Ohio, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 30, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 25
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- August 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Shaker Heights, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1968; 53 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 25
- ALLAN CURT WARDCorporal · April 30, 1968
- JACK ALLEN WHETSEL JRFirst Lieutenant · April 30, 1968
- EDDIE JOE WHITESergeant · April 30, 1968
- JAMES E WHITESpecialist Four · April 30, 1968
From Shaker Heights
- ANTHONY THOMAS CULOTTACorporal · November 13, 1968
- DAVID EIDNES GAARDERFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1969
- FRANK WARREN FLONNOY JRSpecialist Four · April 24, 1969
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.