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ROBERT CAROVILLANO
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 3, 1946 – March 25, 1967
Service recordRobert Carovillano, of Rutherford, New Jersey, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 42
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Rutherford, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 42
- DOUGLAS JOE CARPENTERPrivate First Class · March 25, 1967
- CHARLES BENJAMIN CLANTONCorporal · March 25, 1967
- DAVID H COOPER IISecond Lieutenant · March 25, 1967
- GEORGE TOLLOVAR COXSergeant · March 25, 1967
From Rutherford
- DAVID SHIELDSSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MALCOLM FAIRCHILD TASSEYFirst Lieutenant · July 2, 1967
- LANNY WILLIAM PHIPPSLance Corporal · December 7, 1968
- WAYNE HOWARD RUSSELLSpecialist Four · March 31, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH KEINPrivate First Class · July 29, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL WINTERSSpecialist Four · May 15, 1971
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.