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ROBERT ANTHONY FIREBAUGH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 5, 1948 – January 30, 1969
Service recordRobert Anthony Firebaugh, of Annapolis, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 30, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 19
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Annapolis, Missouri (Iron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 19
- EDWIN BLAKLEY JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
- JERRALD JOSEPH BULINSpecialist Four · January 30, 1969
- STEVEN EDWARD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
- MICHAEL BRUCE FRYELance Corporal · January 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARY NEAL ISAACSPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 20
From Annapolis
- EDWARD HOWARD STEVENSSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
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.