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ROBERT CROUTER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 17, 1946 – May 20, 1968
Service recordRobert Crouter, of Brick Town, New Jersey, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1968, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 3
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Multichannel Transmission Systems (31M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- August 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Brick Town, New Jersey (Ocean County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 3
- MARTIN GEORGE BLAKELYConstructionman · May 20, 1968
- JERRY ALLAN BOCKBRADERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1968
- JOSEPH RICHARD DAIGNEAULTStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1968
- CLARENCE RAY WARRICKCorporal · May 20, 1968
From Brick Town
- THOMAS LEEONAS YOHNPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD MARSHALLLance Corporal · September 8, 1967
- CARL EDWARD LAMBERSON JRFirst Lieutenant · July 2, 1969
- RAYMOND WILLIAM DEGE IIISpecialist Four · May 7, 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.