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ROBERT DON CASE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 18, 1948 – January 8, 1969
Service recordRobert Don Case, of Weaverville, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 53
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
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Weaverville, California (Trinity County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1969. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 53
- GERALD FRANKLIN APPERSONSergeant First Class · January 8, 1969
- CHADWICK MCFALL BARBERFirst Lieutenant · January 8, 1969
- STEVEN DOUGLAS BARTMANSpecialist Four · January 8, 1969
- WILLIAM INNES BOUTON JRFirst Lieutenant · January 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN DOUGLAS BARTMANSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 53
- ALAN CLARK GILLESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 54
- JON PATRICK ROCHEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 35W, Line 54
From Weaverville
- ROY GORDON AZBILLWarrant Officer 1 · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES LEE HARTLANDPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- DAVID ALEXANDER TRESTERSpecialist Four · January 3, 1971
- ROGER NELVIN CARPENTERPetty Officer Third Class · April 18, 1971
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.