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ROBERT DENNIS FINDLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 4, 1946 – August 12, 1966
Service recordRobert Dennis Findley, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 130
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 130
- GORDON HERBERT DUNAWAYLance Corporal · August 12, 1966
- JOHN WALLACE EDGERLYPrivate First Class · August 12, 1966
- RONALD EUGENE FRIZZELLLance Corporal · August 12, 1966
- LEONARD GORDON GOROSPEPrivate First Class · August 12, 1966
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.