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ROBERT BLAIR ENGLAND II
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 8, 1948 – January 29, 1968
Service recordRobert Blair England II, of Whittier, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Whittier, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 97 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 59
- ROBERT NELSON BARBERYSergeant · January 29, 1968
- HERBERT HAMBLY BUTT JRMajor · January 29, 1968
- CHARLES AVERY DELLINGERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- RICHARD EMERSON DENNY JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
From Whittier
- CLIFFORD WAYNE MCROBERTSSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DAVID MICHAEL OLANDSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
- RICHARD MIGUEL HARTNELLPrivate First Class · July 31, 1966
- DANNY RAY RUNDLEPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- WAYNE NORMAN CARDCorporal · February 16, 1967
- HUGO ARTHUR BOCANEGRAPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MELENDREZSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN THIRKETTLEPetty Officer Third Class · November 26, 1967
- DANIEL ALEXANDER VERDUGOLance Corporal · December 21, 1967
- WALLACE LUTTRELL WIGGINSMajor · February 3, 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.