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ROBERT CHARLES MELENDREZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 9, 1946 – November 12, 1967
Service recordRobert Charles Melendrez, of Whittier, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Materiel Control And Accounting Specialist (76P)
- Born
- October 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Whittier, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 83
- JAMES GARY HOODPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- JAMES EARL JENKINSPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- JERRY CONRAD KELLEYSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- DANIEL EDMUND KLOS JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
From Whittier
- CLIFFORD WAYNE MCROBERTSSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DAVID MICHAEL OLANDSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
- RICHARD MIGUEL HARTNELLPrivate First Class · July 31, 1966
- DANNY RAY RUNDLEPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- WAYNE NORMAN CARDCorporal · February 16, 1967
- HUGO ARTHUR BOCANEGRAPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN THIRKETTLEPetty Officer Third Class · November 26, 1967
- DANIEL ALEXANDER VERDUGOLance Corporal · December 21, 1967
- ROBERT BLAIR ENGLAND IIPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- WALLACE LUTTRELL WIGGINSMajor · February 3, 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.