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ROBERT CLOYCE HAMPSHIRE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 28, 1946 – April 17, 1968
Service recordRobert Cloyce Hampshire, of Fostoria, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 28
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Fostoria, Ohio (Wood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 28
- EUGENE LARRY FREEMAN JRPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- JERRY FRANK GARCIALance Corporal · April 17, 1968
- JAMES ALLAN GEROUPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- MANUEL JOSEPH GOMEZGunnery Sergeant · April 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES PATRICK BOYLESergeant · Panel 50E, Line 26
- THOMAS JAY HAYES IVCaptain · Panel 50E, Line 29
- GEORGE ALEX HUDSON JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 29
- ROBERT FRANK SERIOCaptain · Panel 50E, Line 33
- HOWARD C WILLIAMS JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 35
From Fostoria
- GERALD LYNN GASSMANSpecialist Four · October 14, 1967
- LARRY WARREN STULLPetty Officer Third Class · February 6, 1968
- NORMAN JOSEPH ERBLANDSergeant · March 2, 1968
- DAVID EUGENE DEVINEPetty Officer Second Class · May 5, 1968
- RAYMOND NEAL MCINTYREPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- ROGER KENNETH DRAKEPrivate First Class · October 23, 1968
- ALAN REED RADERCorporal · December 28, 1969
- RICHARD HUGH SAVIEOLance Corporal · August 25, 1970
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.