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ROBERT BENJAMIN NASSER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 23, 1946 – November 4, 1966
Service recordRobert Benjamin Nasser, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 624 SS CO 1 LOG CMD
- Born
- July 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 23
- CARMEN PAUL CARTONIAPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- TITUS MCKINNON JRPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- CHARLES EMMETT MITCHAMFireman Apprentice · November 4, 1966
- LESLIE DON MOSESSpecialist Four · November 4, 1966
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.