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ROBERT EARL BRIDGES
Airman Second Class · U.S. Air Force
January 31, 1945 – June 17, 1967
Service recordRobert Earl Bridges, of Granby, Connecticut, served as an Airman Second Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 17, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 117
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman Second Class (A2C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Granby, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1967; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 117
- JOHN EDWIN BERNARDSergeant · June 17, 1967
- WILLIAM DAVID BLESSMANSergeant · June 17, 1967
- JOHN ARTHUR BRANTLEYPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- EMANUEL KRIS BRICKHOUSEPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
From Granby
- MICHAEL GIDVILASSpecialist Four · September 7, 1967
- MICHAEL STUART NYMANStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1967
- JOHN STEWART TAYLORPrivate · May 20, 1969
- JOHN WARREN MANNINGSpecialist Four · July 7, 1969
- JAMES ARTHUR BURNSFirst Lieutenant · September 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.