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ROBERT DARRELL DEBOARD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 31, 1948 – February 8, 1969
Service recordRobert Darrell Deboard, of Galloway, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 84
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Galloway, Ohio (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 84
- THOMAS EDWARD CLARKMajor · February 8, 1969
- WARD CECIL EVANSStaff Sergeant · February 8, 1969
- FRED RAYMOND FRAZIER JRSpecialist Four · February 8, 1969
- ANDREW PEREZ GARCIASpecialist Four · February 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE CHESTER HAWLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 85
- DONALD LEE KIPPSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 86
- ROBERT OLAN MAYHEWStaff Sergeant · Panel 33W, Line 87
- JOSEPH ODELL STRICKLANDSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 90
From Galloway
- DONNIE LEE PATRICKPetty Officer First Class · May 15, 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.