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ROBERT ANTHONY ITZOE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 29, 1940 – March 17, 1968
Service recordRobert Anthony Itzoe, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 12
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 29, 1940
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 12
- DONALD RICHARD HUBBSCommander · March 17, 1968
- EDWIN ORRIN IVESLance Corporal · March 17, 1968
- DAVID ERIC JACKSONPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- FELIX LEON JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS LANE CUNNINGHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 45E, Line 9
- ROGER EVANS DUNCANSpecialist Four · Panel 45E, Line 10
- WENDELL GENE TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 45E, Line 16
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.