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ROBERT ALFRED WAGNER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 4, 1948 – May 16, 1968
Service recordRobert Alfred Wagner, of Winside, Nebraska, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 21
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Winside, Nebraska (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 21
- GEORGE HEYWARD WALLINGTONPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- TERRY MICHAEL WARDPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- STEPHEN LEE WOODARDPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- ABRAHAM KAALELE AHUNASergeant First Class · May 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALVIN ANTHONY MACK JRSergeant · Panel 61E, Line 13
From Winside
- MARK STEVEN WITTPrivate First Class · August 31, 1969
- ROBERT LEE DANGBERGSergeant · April 18, 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.