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ROBERT BRUCE HADDEN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 28, 1938 – August 14, 1966
Service recordRobert Bruce Hadden, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Information Officer (75505)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 28, 1938
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 5
- FREDDIE BEE GLOVERPrivate First Class · August 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM HANEYPrivate First Class · August 14, 1966
- JAMES LOGAN MORRISPrivate First Class · August 14, 1966
- HARRY EDWARD OXFORD JRPrivate First Class · August 14, 1966
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 1966
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.