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ROBERT EDWARD VIGGIANO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 15, 1947 – August 19, 1967
Service recordRobert Edward Viggiano, of Waldwick, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Waldwick, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 18
- GARFIELD WEST JRPrivate First Class · August 19, 1967
- HAROLD BAUCHIEROLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- KENDAL LEE BENNEY JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- BERNARD BRUCE BRITTONSpecialist Four · August 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL BOMBERGER KOONSSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 16
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.