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ROBERT EDWARD GIRSCH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 21, 1947 – April 5, 1968
Service recordRobert Edward Girsch, of Skokie, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Skokie, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1968; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 16
- LARRY RAYMOND CREECYSpecialist Four · April 5, 1968
- GEORGE EDWARD EDDENSpecialist Four · April 5, 1968
- CEPHUS GRIFFIN JRPrivate First Class · April 5, 1968
- ALAN RUSSELL GUYMONSergeant · April 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS GRANT BAILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 14
- VANCE ALYN BERRYSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 14
- PATRICK J CONROYSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 15
- CEPHUS GRIFFIN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 16
- CARL E HOSNANDERCorporal · Panel 48E, Line 17
- ERNEST ALPHONSO LANGStaff Sergeant · Panel 48E, Line 18
- DOUGLAS DUANE MCMAHONPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 18
- JOHN ROBERT PIERINIPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 19
- NORMAN EUGENE SMALLCorporal · Panel 48E, Line 20
- BRUCE TORTORICISergeant · Panel 48E, Line 21
- ROGER ELGIN WARDSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 21
- FRED YOUNGStaff Sergeant · Panel 48E, Line 22
From Skokie
- ROBERT ALAN PEACHPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
- ANDREW HARRY SHIMPSpecialist Five · June 9, 1967
- SHELDON BORIS SCHULMANFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLEN MACHACEKLance Corporal · December 10, 1967
- PAUL ALAN STENDERPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- GERALD F PELZMANNFirst Lieutenant · February 5, 1968
- ROBERT M PRESS JRSpecialist Four · October 31, 1968
- TERENCE FRANCIS COURTNEYCaptain · May 2, 1972
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.