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ROBERT ARNOLD WHITNEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 20, 1947 – May 25, 1968
Service recordRobert Arnold Whitney, of Kennewick, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1968, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 67W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 67W · Line 7
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Kennewick, Washington (Benton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 67W, Line 7
- RICHARD JOHN WEIDNERCorporal · May 25, 1968
- LLOYD LOREN WILLARDSergeant · May 25, 1968
- ERNEST C WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- DON CLAUDE WILLIAMSONPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
From Kennewick
- GERALD LANE CARMICHAELCorporal · October 15, 1966
- MICHAEL R NEWBERNStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1966
- DARRELL WAYNE WILSONPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- JAMES BARTIE STEWARTPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
- ROBERT JOE COPELance Corporal · April 19, 1967
- TOMMY LEE STEPHENSLance Corporal · March 17, 1968
- WILLIAM HAROLD COOKPetty Officer Third Class · March 26, 1968
- HARLEY RICHARD COWANPetty Officer Third Class · April 26, 1968
- STEPHEN ROGERS YOUNGPrivate · May 17, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS LYNNSpecialist Four · July 21, 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.