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ROBERT ALLAN LHOTA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 17, 1943 – September 21, 1968
Service recordRobert Allan Lhota, of Monessen, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 55
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- July 17, 1943
- Home of record
- Monessen, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 55
- ROBERT FRANK CONLEYCaptain · September 21, 1968
- ANTHONY KONSTANT KERCOUDEPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- DAVID RUDOLPH LATSCHSpecialist Four · September 21, 1968
- STANLEY ROBERT LEWANDOWSKYPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS CHARLESPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 52
- DAVID LEROY CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 52
- MICHAEL IRVIN HANNEMANSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 54
- DAVID LEE WHITESpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 59
From Monessen
- JOHN PATRICK ONDERKOCaptain · February 4, 1968
- GEORGE AUREL MILIKASpecialist Four · October 26, 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.