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ROBERT ALLAN SZPONDER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 6, 1949 – July 29, 1970
Service recordRobert Allan Szponder, of Miami Beach, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Miami Beach, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 67
- ROY WAYNE MARLATTSergeant · July 29, 1970
- PLEASANT MCCRAY JRCorporal · July 29, 1970
- RONALD FRANK PERSYNStaff Sergeant · July 29, 1970
- GARY LEE ROSEPrivate First Class · July 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RONALD TRENT JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 66
From Miami Beach
- DAVID JOSEPH PHILLIPS JRCaptain · July 3, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH CARROLLCaptain · October 5, 1966
- TILDEN BRUCE ZANEPrivate First Class · December 7, 1966
- RONNIE ELLIS HOGBINSergeant First Class · May 25, 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.