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ROBERT CECIL STRICKLAND
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 31, 1947 – April 1, 1968
Service recordRobert Cecil Strickland, of Greensburg, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Greensburg, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 38
- DONALD FRANK WOODPetty Officer First Class · April 1, 1968
- ALVIN GEORGE YOXSIMERPetty Officer First Class · April 1, 1968
- HERBERT HUGO CATO IIIPrivate First Class · April 2, 1968
- GEORGE JOHN KOHLMEIR IIIPrivate First Class · April 2, 1968
From Greensburg
- EMMETT JOSEPH BRYANTStaff Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- GILTON WALTER JOHNSONSpecialist Four · January 22, 1969
- MELVIN GENE BRYANTCorporal · October 1, 1970
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.