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ROBERT ALLEN MCCARTNEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 9, 1945 – April 15, 1967
Service recordRobert Allen McCartney, of Janesville, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · 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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Janesville, Wisconsin (Rock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 30
- DARRYL JAY KOCHPrivate First Class · April 15, 1967
- ROBERT LEROY LAZEARFirst Lieutenant · April 15, 1967
- JIMMY CARL MCCARTERPrivate First Class · April 15, 1967
- WAYNE LEE MIDDLETONPrivate First Class · April 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ANTONIO FLORES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 28
- STEVEN JOHN SURMAPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 31
- FRANCISCO MACEDO VALENCIACorporal · Panel 18E, Line 32
From Janesville
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SCHNEIDERSpecialist Four · December 1, 1966
- VINCENT JAMES AGIUSLance Corporal · April 17, 1967
- RALPH MICHAEL WIXSONPrivate First Class · May 16, 1967
- JOHN MCFARLAND KESSINGERMajor · July 2, 1967
- JOHN JUNIOR FIEDLERPetty Officer First Class · July 29, 1967
- DONALD WILLIAM DOWNINGLieutenant Colonel · September 5, 1967
- DAVID LEE DROUGHTSergeant · December 31, 1967
- HARRY WARREN SCHNEIDERCorporal · February 16, 1968
- TIMOTHY CHARLES AGARDSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- JEFFERY EVANS MEADLance Corporal · March 12, 1968
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.