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ROBERT BLANCHARD HEDGE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 21, 1946 – February 26, 1968
Service recordRobert Blanchard Hedge, of Plymouth, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Plymouth, Massachusetts (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 144 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 38
- DENNETTE A EDWARDS IIISecond Lieutenant · February 26, 1968
- WILLIAM HARRISON GOINSSergeant · February 26, 1968
- STEVEN VICTOR GOLDSTEINPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- STEPHEN LEE HUBERCorporal · February 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE MEYERS MOPPERTSecond Lieutenant · Panel 41E, Line 35
- DENNIS JOHN KROMREYPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 39
From Plymouth
- FREDERICK THOMAS GARSIDEStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1961
- WAYNE PAUL MOORELance Corporal · March 30, 1968
- PAUL ALLEN REZENDESPetty Officer Third Class · June 18, 1969
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.