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ROBERT BRUCE DEWINE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 25, 1950 – May 14, 1971
Service recordRobert Bruce Dewine, of Lima, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 34
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Lima, Ohio (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1971; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 34
- JEFFREY LANCE COOPERCorporal · May 14, 1971
- PHILLIP SCOTT GLASSCorporal · May 14, 1971
- EDWARD FRANCIS HEASLEYPrivate First Class · May 14, 1971
- SAM HOLMES JRPrivate · May 14, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JEFFREY LANCE COOPERCorporal · Panel 3W, Line 34
- EDWARD FRANCIS HEASLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 34
- DONALD MAURICE POKECorporal · Panel 3W, Line 35
- ALLEN DEAN SCOGGINStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 35
From Lima
- LARRY LEE TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- MARINER PATRICKPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- ARMON D SHINGLEDECKERCaptain · May 31, 1966
- DANIEL LEE GARRISONSeaman · December 26, 1966
- DAVID EUGENE GOSSARDPrivate First Class · September 20, 1967
- JAMES DUDLEY SHAFERSergeant · November 6, 1967
- LOUIS TIMOTHY HAZZARDPrivate First Class · January 9, 1968
- MICHAEL DWAINE NEWLANDPrivate First Class · April 9, 1968
- JOHN FRANKLIN KENNEDYPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
- MICHAEL DONVIAN WILSONPrivate First Class · September 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.