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ROBERT EDWARD COUCH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 22, 1949 – December 30, 1968
Service recordRobert Edward Couch, of Senoia, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Senoia, Georgia (Coweta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 8
- GARY WILLIAM BOUGHNERSpecialist Four · December 30, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT BOYLESergeant · December 30, 1968
- ELTON BRADLEY COLLINSCorporal · December 30, 1968
- ALLEN STEARNS FARNHAMFirst Lieutenant · December 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY WILLIAM BOUGHNERSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 8
From Senoia
- WAYNE JACKSON VESSELLPrivate First Class · July 14, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY THOMAS JRLance Corporal · March 25, 1970
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.