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ROBERT BENNETT EMRO
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 27, 1929 – April 18, 1967
Service recordRobert Bennett Emro, of Strafford, New Hampshire, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 45
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 27, 1929
- Home of record
- Strafford, New Hampshire (Strafford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 45
- ROBERT JOHN CRABBEFirst Lieutenant · April 18, 1967
- PATRICK LAWRENCE HALEYCaptain · April 18, 1967
- VERNICE HOLLINGSWORTHSpecialist Four · April 18, 1967
- ROY MORGAN JONES JRPrivate First Class · April 18, 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.