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ROBERT ALMASY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 29, 1949 – May 2, 1970
Service recordRobert Almasy, of Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 82
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Coraopolis, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1970; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 82
- WILLIAM SPENCER SIGMON JRCorporal · May 1, 1970
- JOSEPH STEPHEN TATUMSergeant · May 1, 1970
- CARL DEE WOOTTENPetty Officer Third Class · May 1, 1970
- DAVID WILLIAM BARNETTStaff Sergeant · May 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD DENNIS BREWERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11W, Line 83
- FRANK RODRIQUEZ CORONASergeant · Panel 11W, Line 83
- KENNETH LEROY DEFENBAUGHCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 85
- GEORGE DALE SLYEStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 88
- MICHAEL BANARD VARNADOChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 11W, Line 89
From Coraopolis
- JOSEPH DALE RIGGLEPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- OLIVER JOHN RIDDLEAirman Second Class · December 4, 1966
- LOUIS EMIDIO BRIZZOLIPrivate First Class · May 16, 1967
- THOMAS FRANK SHANKSCorporal · September 12, 1967
- TERRY MICHAEL REHMAirman First Class · October 8, 1967
- HAROLD PAUL GRAYSpecialist Four · February 16, 1968
- BERNARD GERALD BAKERLance Corporal · August 6, 1968
- PAUL HENRY SCHAEFFERSergeant · June 19, 1969
- CRAIG MARATTAPrivate · October 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.