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ROBERT CHILDRESS JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 30, 1949 – May 12, 1970
Service recordRobert Childress JR, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 22
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1970; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 22
- PHILIP MARK BENNETTSpecialist Four · May 12, 1970
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS BOOTHCaptain · May 12, 1970
- EDWARD FRANCIS BRADY IIIStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1970
- RONALD EDWARD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · May 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THEODORE GLENN DREWPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 23
- ROBERT EARL GREENCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 24
- TERRANCE LEE HOODSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 25
- ROBERT HENRY JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 25
- ROBERT LEE LEMONSSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 26
- CHARLES DARNELL MCMAHANStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 27
- BRIAN STANLEY ORRCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 27
- GREG EUGENE WEIGHTMANSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 27
- DAVID LESLIE PALMERPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 30
- STEPHEN LEO YONTZSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 30
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 1966
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.