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ROBERT ANTHONY PIPER
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 23, 1950 – July 31, 1971
Service recordRobert Anthony Piper, of Newton, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 31, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 119
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 23, 1950
- Home of record
- Newton, Georgia (Baker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1971; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 119
- RANDY LEE CAYLORSpecialist Four · July 31, 1971
- EVERETT EUGENE DELONG JRSpecialist Five · July 31, 1971
- RICHARD JAMES DUPLESSISSpecialist Four · July 31, 1971
- RANDY ALLEN FLESHMANSpecialist Five · July 31, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RANDY LEE CAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 119
- RICHARD JAMES DUPLESSISSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 119
From Newton
- ROY LEE SINGLETARYPrivate First Class · July 8, 1969
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.