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ROBERT D CRYDER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 14, 1946 – September 6, 1968
Service recordRobert D Cryder, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 49
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- April 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 49
- LLOYD THOMAS DARLINGCorporal · September 6, 1968
- JEFFREY ALAN DAVISSergeant · September 6, 1968
- BENJAMIN TALLY DAWKINSSergeant · September 6, 1968
- SAMUEL MACKAL DEICHELMANNMajor · September 6, 1968
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.