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ROBERT DAVID BROCKMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 10, 1949 – June 15, 1968
Service recordRobert David Brockman, of Hialeah, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 23
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Hialeah, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 23
- R B BRIDGES JRLance Corporal · June 15, 1968
- JOSEPH TIMOTHY CAMPBELLFirst Lieutenant · June 15, 1968
- DENIS MICHAEL CHMELLance Corporal · June 15, 1968
- RAYMOND NEAL MCINTYREPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN VINCENT AKINPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 22
- MICHAEL DENNIS DAVIDSpecialist Four · Panel 57W, Line 24
- RALPH HENRY FRANCK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 25
- ARTHUR JAMES HOYTSergeant · Panel 57W, Line 27
- JAMES EDWARD SULLINGERCorporal · Panel 57W, Line 32
- OSCAR VALENZUELA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 33
From Hialeah
- TED PETER NEURA JRCaptain · December 12, 1963
- ROBERT LYMAN TAYLORStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1964
- BILLY HOWARDGunnery Sergeant · March 22, 1966
- ADELBERT F MIHALEK IVSpecialist Four · October 30, 1966
- ALBERT JUDSON HAYESFirst Lieutenant · February 14, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD BERRIOSCorporal · November 27, 1967
- RAMON CORTES-ROSASpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
- TIMOTHY HAROLD ARTMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 8, 1968
- EDWARD MICHAEL MISIUTAPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT BURCH JRAirman · March 17, 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.