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ROBERT DEAN NEASHAM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 26, 1949 – October 13, 1968
Service recordRobert Dean Neasham, of Canby, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 60
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 70 ENG CO 19 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- December 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Canby, Oregon (Clackamas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 60
- WILLIAM GEORGE MARTINPrivate First Class · October 13, 1968
- ROBERT ALFRED MICHELCorporal · October 13, 1968
- QUINLAN ROBERTS ORELLCaptain · October 13, 1968
- SAMUEL RUDOLPH PLUMMERPrivate First Class · October 13, 1968
From Canby
- WARREN EMERY NEWTONStaff Sergeant · January 9, 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.