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ROBERT AUSTIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 9, 1946 – November 16, 1967
Service recordRobert Austin, of Modesto, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Modesto, California (Stanislaus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1967; five of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 103
- ROBERT ALLEN WELLER IICorporal · November 15, 1967
- FRANK A WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · November 15, 1967
- WAYNE ROGER ADAMSSergeant · November 16, 1967
- RALPH EUGENE BYRDCorporal · November 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND PRATER COXCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 1
- JERALD WAYNE KEMPPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 3
- PATRICK JEROME LONGSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 4
- KENNETH LEE WITTPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 6
From Modesto
- ERNEST KAY GERHARDTPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- JACK DALE MCCLURECaptain · December 31, 1965
- JOSEPH ANTHONY RANDAZZOLance Corporal · January 31, 1966
- NEAL ARTHUR RASMUSSENStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1966
- JOHN ROY MARKILLIEPetty Officer Third Class · June 21, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM BARTLOWLance Corporal · July 18, 1966
- DONALD CHARLES VAUGHANSpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
- JOHN CHARLES WEBORGCorporal · January 23, 1967
- RICHARD LYNN PARHAMPrivate First Class · January 30, 1967
- ROBERT NICOLAS STAUDSeaman · March 6, 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.