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ROBERT DANIEL UNRUE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 15, 1945 – May 18, 1970
Service recordRobert Daniel Unrue, of Lynchburg, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Lynchburg, Virginia (Lynchburg (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 62
- MICHAEL HEINRICHCorporal · May 18, 1970
- CARWAIN L HERRINGTONSergeant · May 18, 1970
- NICHOLAS GABRIEL SAUNDERSWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1970
- HARRY JAMES STONESergeant · May 18, 1970
From Lynchburg
- KENNETH ARTHUR SHANNONFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HUGHESStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- DONALD E CLARK JRCaptain · March 23, 1966
- LARRY FRANCIS WIRTSpecialist Four · April 23, 1966
- HARRY BURKLEY FORBESSpecialist Five · June 29, 1966
- CALVERT JAMES JOHNSONSergeant · November 8, 1966
- STEPHEN FINNEYSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- EUGENE DAVID HARVEYPrivate First Class · June 23, 1967
- RICHARD JUNIOR JONESPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- RUSSELL KEITH BLATZSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
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.