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ROBERT ALLEN DERRICK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 20, 1950 – November 3, 1970
Service recordRobert Allen Derrick, of Marquette, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 20, 1950
- Home of record
- Marquette, Michigan (Marquette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 36
- GEORGE HENRY ROGALLAChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 2, 1970
- JEROME MICHAEL ROUSECorporal · November 2, 1970
- WENDELL TAYLORSergeant · November 2, 1970
- EUGENE HAYWARD CRUMPTONSpecialist Four · November 3, 1970
From Marquette
- JAMES EDWARD BELLSpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- BENJAMIN CARLTON LARABEESergeant · December 18, 1968
- GARY ROBERT HALEYLance Corporal · February 5, 1969
- CARL FRANCIS ARBOGAST JRSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- TERRY ALFRED CARTERLance Corporal · January 28, 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.