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ROBERT ALLAN WASHINGTON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 31, 1941 – August 13, 1969
Service recordRobert Allan Washington, of Winchester, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 36
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 31, 1941
- Home of record
- Winchester, Virginia (Winchester (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- 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 August 13, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 36
- RICHARD DOUGLAS WELLMANCorporal · August 13, 1969
- JOHN CURTIS WHITESIDECorporal · August 13, 1969
- JACK MICHAEL APODACASergeant · August 14, 1969
- DAVID ELTON BEANStaff Sergeant · August 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH REED MCDANIELCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 33
From Winchester
- LORING WILLIAM CARPER JRHospitalman · May 17, 1966
- UPTON FINLEY ASHLEYStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1966
- JERRY MALONE JENKINSSpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- JOHN FRANKLIN MORRISON JRPrivate First Class · December 30, 1967
- DONALD KEITH POWELLCorporal · August 21, 1968
- GREGORY JACKSON FRANKLINPrivate First Class · November 27, 1968
- CHARLES HERBERT HODSON JRSergeant First Class · December 24, 1968
- LAWRENCE EUGENE FLETCHERFirst Lieutenant · May 7, 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.