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ROBERT ALICEA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 6, 1948 – October 1, 1968
Service recordRobert Alicea, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 1, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 52
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 720 MP BN USARV
- Born
- August 6, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1968; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 52
- LARRY JACK VANRENSELAARLieutenant Commander · September 30, 1968
- HAMP EDWIN ZORNESPrivate First Class · September 30, 1968
- TIMOTHY GEORGE ARENSCorporal · October 1, 1968
- ROBERT FRANKLIN ASHERSergeant · October 1, 1968
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.