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A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter.
A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter. Photo: SP4 James B. Egan, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Robert Edward Paige.

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ROBERT EDWARD PAIGE

Corporal · U.S. Army

February 9, 1947 – March 18, 1967

Service record

Robert Edward Paige, of Fayette, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 16E · Line 106

Position of Panel 16E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Medical Specialist (91B)
Unit (as recorded)
9 INF DIV
Born
February 9, 1947
Home of record
Fayette, Missouri (Howard County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 18, 1967
Age
20
Province
Binh Long
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

27 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1967; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 16E, Line 106

Same unit, same day

From Fayette

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.