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ROBERT CHARLES FOX
Captain · U.S. Army
February 4, 1939 – December 5, 1968
Service recordRobert Charles Fox, of Orange City, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 5, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 46
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 4, 1939
- Home of record
- Orange City, Florida (Volusia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 37W, Line 46
- HENRY MCNEAL T HAMES JRLance Corporal · December 5, 1968
- HARRY JAMES HARRISPrivate · December 5, 1968
- HERIBERTO SEGOV HERNANDEZFireman · December 5, 1968
- GUY HOLDAWAYPrivate First Class · December 5, 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.