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ROBERT CHARLES PURGIEL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 1, 1947 – September 27, 1967
Service recordRobert Charles Purgiel, of Posen, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Posen, Michigan (Presque Isle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 21
- ALLEN ROBERT LOANESecond Lieutenant · September 27, 1967
- LOUIS NATHANIL MALINCorporal · September 27, 1967
- TOMMY EUGENE OSBONCorporal · September 27, 1967
- LOUIS EDWARD PORRAZZOFirst Lieutenant · September 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LOUIS EDWARD PORRAZZOFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27E, Line 21
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.