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ROBERT BRUCE CURRAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 16, 1950 – August 5, 1971
Service recordRobert Bruce Curran, of Aurora, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 123
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Aurora, Illinois (Kane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1971; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 123
- DONALD BENED WHITLOCK IIISergeant · August 4, 1971
- DAVID EDWARD CINKOSKYCaptain · August 5, 1971
- DAVID LEE GARCILLESpecialist Five · August 5, 1971
- ROBERT DARYL SEVERSONSpecialist Four · August 5, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT DARYL SEVERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 123
- MARSHALL EDWARD NAFFZIGERSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 124
- JAMES CHARLES REAMERStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 124
- RODRICK TROUPSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 124
From Aurora
- CHARLES B JEFFRIES JRSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- JOHN PAUL CRANDALLSergeant · March 21, 1967
- RAMIRO CARDENASLance Corporal · February 27, 1968
- RICHARD LEE GARLICKPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- DENNIS ARRON TOADVINECorporal · March 11, 1968
- JAMES LEE LAKESergeant · May 12, 1968
- ALBERT EUGENE DAHLSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- GERALD JOHN LAFLEURSpecialist Four · July 15, 1968
- KARL RICHARD HARINGSergeant · September 24, 1968
- ROBERT DALE HERREIDStaff Sergeant · October 10, 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.