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ROBERT CHARLES WING
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 13, 1941 – October 13, 1967
Service recordRobert Charles Wing, of Washington Court House, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 104
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 13, 1941
- Home of record
- Washington Court House, Ohio (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 105 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 104
- ROBERT LEE WHITEPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- DOUGLAS GENE WINGERTPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- ROBERT EUGENE ALLENSpecialist Four · October 14, 1967
- GEORGE MICHAEL BROWNSpecialist Four · October 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ANGEL IRIZARRY-HERNANDEZSpecialist Six · Panel 27E, Line 101
- STANLEY JESSE KERRSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 101
- GEORGE W LOCKE JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 27E, Line 102
- EDWARD JOHN RAFFERTYStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 103
From Washington Court House
- JOE EDGAR BELLGunnery Sergeant · February 8, 1967
- TERRY LEE JENKINSSpecialist Four · June 6, 1969
- EARL LLOYD COOKSpecialist Four · July 9, 1969
- JAMES HAROLD WAULK JRCorporal · February 20, 1970
- JOHNNY RATLIFFChief Petty Officer · December 19, 1970
- JOHN RICHARD MICKLESpecialist Five · June 9, 1971
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.