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ROBERT BLANE WIRKS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 1, 1949 – September 25, 1970
Service recordRobert Blane Wirks, of East Palestine, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 90
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 1, 1949
- Home of record
- East Palestine, Ohio (Columbiana County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 90
- HERMAN LANCASTER JRCorporal · September 25, 1970
- GUS PIPPINSSergeant First Class · September 25, 1970
- CARROLL STEVEN PLUMSpecialist Four · September 25, 1970
- BRUCE EDWARD THOMASSpecialist Four · September 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LLOYD HAROLD GRIMES IISergeant · Panel 7W, Line 89
- DAVID DARYL WOOTENSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 91
From East Palestine
- FRED THOMAS SCHRECKENGOSTStaff Sergeant · June 7, 1964
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.