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ROBERT ALLEN ENGELSEN
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
September 29, 1948 – May 1, 1968
Service recordRobert Allen Engelsen, of Blue Island, Illinois, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 1, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 30
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- BLT 2 4 MAR 9 MAB
- Born
- September 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Blue Island, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1968; 40 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “BLT 2 4 MAR 9 MAB”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 30
- HERALD LEE DELANEYPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- HERMAN BORJA DELEONPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- DONALD RAY EVANSSergeant · May 1, 1968
- JIMMIE LEE GROOMSLance Corporal · May 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY STEVEN CAYWOODPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 53E, Line 28
From Blue Island
- LOUIS XAVIER CABRERA JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
- RAMIRO MANRIQUE JRSpecialist Four · July 11, 1966
- WILLIAM WALLINGFireman · October 26, 1966
- MILTON EMMETT PRESCOTT JRSergeant · April 30, 1967
- DONALD LEE PERILLOPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- JAMES RAYMOND HOCKETTFirst Lieutenant · September 22, 1968
- THOMAS HARRY ROBERTSONSergeant · April 12, 1969
- VERNEL COLLINSSergeant First Class · April 30, 1970
- WAYNE BIBBSPrivate First Class · June 11, 1972
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.