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ROBERT BRUCE ANNAS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 31, 1946 – February 1, 1968
Service recordRobert Bruce Annas, of Granite Falls, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Granite Falls, North Carolina (Caldwell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1968. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in South Vietnam while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 36E, Line 66
- KENNETH BOROWICZCorporal · February 2, 1968
- GUY FRANKLIN BROOKSSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- IRVIN BROWNSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- JAMES ALBERT BUNNSergeant First Class · February 2, 1968
- JOHN DOUGLAS EVANSLance Corporal · February 2, 1968
From Granite Falls
- TERRY CHARLES WILLIAMSSergeant · September 5, 1967
- SCOTTY HENRY RHEAPrivate First Class · April 25, 1970
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.