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ROBERT AXEL JARDINE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 29, 1948 – March 19, 1970
Service recordRobert Axel Jardine JR, of Port Wing, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 19, 1970, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 21
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)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Port Wing, Wisconsin (Bayfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1970; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 21
- CARLOS ALBERT ESTRADA JRCaptain · March 19, 1970
- JAMES WILLIAM GREENWOODTechnical Sergeant · March 19, 1970
- WILLIE HENDERSONSpecialist Four · March 19, 1970
- FOSTER LOCKLEARSpecialist Four · March 19, 1970
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.