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ROBERT CREECH JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 18, 1931 – July 13, 1968
Service recordRobert Creech JR, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 13, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 22
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 18, 1931
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 22
- RONALD RAY COECorporal · July 13, 1968
- AUGUST EMIL CZERWONKACaptain · July 13, 1968
- ISAAC RAY DRAUGHONLance Corporal · July 13, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES GAFFANEY JRCorporal · July 13, 1968
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 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.