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ROBERT DARYL SEVERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 20, 1950 – August 5, 1971
Service recordRobert Daryl Severson, of Silver Springs, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 123
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 20, 1950
- Home of record
- Silver Springs, New York (Wyoming County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1971; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 123
- DONALD BENED WHITLOCK IIISergeant · August 4, 1971
- DAVID EDWARD CINKOSKYCaptain · August 5, 1971
- ROBERT BRUCE CURRANSpecialist Four · August 5, 1971
- DAVID LEE GARCILLESpecialist Five · August 5, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT BRUCE CURRANSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 123
- MARSHALL EDWARD NAFFZIGERSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 124
- JAMES CHARLES REAMERStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 124
- RODRICK TROUPSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 124
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.