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ROBERT CARY MAHAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 2, 1948 – June 20, 1969
Service recordRobert Cary Mahan, of Ashland, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 99
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Ashland, Kentucky (Boyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1969; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 99
- WILLIAM LOUIS LONGFirst Lieutenant · June 20, 1969
- LUIS ALBERTO MONTOYAPrivate First Class · June 20, 1969
- TONEY FRANCIS MYCKA JRCorporal · June 20, 1969
- KEITH OLSENSpecialist Four · June 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HARVEY JOE HASSLERSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 97
- TONEY FRANCIS MYCKA JRCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 99
- DALE RUSSELL PAVEYSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 100
- FLOYD LESTER STEWARDSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 101
- THOMAS RALPH WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 101
From Ashland
- CHARLES DONALD SENTERSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- JAMES LEONARD FAINSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- BOBBY SENTERSStaff Sergeant · June 20, 1966
- WILLIAM CLIFFORD FRALEYSergeant First Class · July 6, 1966
- LAWRENCE EDWARD LEWISAirman First Class · May 12, 1967
- CARL PHILIP MCCORMICKSergeant · November 5, 1967
- ARTHUR JACKSON SANDERSStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1967
- JOSEPH BRUCE ROBINSONPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- DOUGLAS FRANKLIN LOUDENBACKPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM ALLENSpecialist Five · April 23, 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.