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ROBERT EDWARD PRESTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 6, 1947 – February 12, 1968
Service recordRobert Edward Preston, of Roxbury, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 11
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Roxbury, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1968; 19 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 11
- EDMUND ANTHONY OCONNORPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- THOMAS DEWITT POOLECorporal · February 12, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE PRINEFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1968
- RONALD D ROACHSergeant · February 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES EUGENE YOUNGBLOODSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 1
- WILLIAM JOHN BLOCKPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 2
- GREGORY C CONANTSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 3
- LE ROY EDWARD DAMIANOSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 4
- MICHAEL WILLIAM ENBODYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 39E, Line 4
- GERALD GOINSSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 4
- WILLIAM AARON HARTERSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 5
- BRUCE G HOWERTERSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 6
- ROBERT LAURENS HUGHESSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 6
- JEFFREY ANDREW HULTSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 39E, Line 6
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN JOINERSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 7
- STEVE WILLIAM LEWICKISpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 7
- DONNIE JOE MARLARSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 8
- ROBERT WALTER MAYSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 8
- CALVIN RONALD MACKAYSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 9
- ROBERT MICHAEL NIXSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 10
- RALPH EDWARD PETERSSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 10
- JOHN CHAD PRICESergeant · Panel 39E, Line 10
- EDMUND ANTHONY OCONNORPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 11
- ROBERT JACK RUHL JRCorporal · Panel 39E, Line 12
- ROBERT CHARLES SCHULTZSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 12
- ULYSSES STEWARTSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 13
- KENNETH EUGENE TICHNELLSpecialist Five · Panel 39E, Line 14
- GERALD ALEXANDER TUCKERSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 14
From Roxbury
- MARTIN FRANCIS KILLILEASpecialist Four · May 16, 1966
- ISAAC JONESPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- JOSEPH WESLEY DUNNPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
- JOSEPH DENNIS MCNULTYPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- SIDNEY DANIEL LANE JRSergeant · April 29, 1967
- WALTER WILLIAM MORGANLance Corporal · October 4, 1967
- DUDLEY NORMAN JORDANSergeant · October 19, 1967
- BRISTOL ROBERTSON JRCorporal · October 29, 1967
- RODNEY W JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1968
- ROBERT GEORGE HARRISSpecialist Four · April 12, 1968
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.