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ROBERT DEAN CODY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 24, 1944 – January 31, 1969
Service recordRobert Dean Cody, of Columbus, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 25
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Columbus, Indiana (Bartholomew County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1969; seven of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 25
- HARRY JAMES CLOUDSpecialist Four · January 31, 1969
- THOMAS RAYMOND DAVISLance Corporal · January 31, 1969
- JOHN WESLEY EUTSLERCorporal · January 31, 1969
- DONALD MATHEW MICHELS JRSpecialist Four · January 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HARRY JAMES CLOUDSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 25
- NORMAN ALAN FREDASecond Lieutenant · Panel 33W, Line 26
- JOHN FREDERICK DARBY IIISecond Lieutenant · Panel 33W, Line 27
- WILLIAM GEORGE LECLAIRPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 27
- WILLIAM PETER NOGIEWICHSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 27
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL WEICHECorporal · Panel 33W, Line 29
From Columbus
- JERRY WAYNE DOWNSSpecialist Four · September 19, 1966
- CHARLES DENNIS CHOMELPrivate First Class · June 11, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT ARRINGTONPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- BRUCE RANDALL HARRISPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- ALBERT L CAMPFIELDSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- GREGORY CHARLES WEISNERPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- MARVIN EUGENE MONROESpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- STEVEN DALE BURTONSergeant · March 31, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL HALEPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- JOSEPH DEAN MACYSpecialist Four · April 13, 1969
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.