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ROBERT CHARLES SEDGWICK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 17, 1942 – November 9, 1967
Service recordRobert Charles Sedgwick, of Hartford, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 61
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHB 1 BN 27 ARTY 23 ARTY GRP
- Born
- October 17, 1942
- Home of record
- Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 61
- ROBERT FRANKLIN NITZPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- DENNIS RICHARD PODGORNYCorporal · November 9, 1967
- TOMAS GARCIA REYESStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1967
- ROBERT E SCHARON IIICorporal · November 9, 1967
From Hartford
- WALTER ALEXANDER TERLECKISergeant · February 18, 1966
- EDMUND FRANCIS EDDYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- LAWRENCE DANE WOODSCaptain · June 24, 1966
- MALCOLM CRAYTON BERRYPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- DAVID KEITH HIGHTFirst Lieutenant · June 30, 1966
- STEPHEN S STRYCHARZ JRLance Corporal · July 15, 1966
- JIMMY LEE LANGSTONPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ALLAN PAUL FIRMNECKHospitalman · April 22, 1967
- JAMES STEVEN LEONARDCorporal · May 18, 1967
- LAWRENCE JAY SILVERFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1967
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.