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ROBERT EDWIN BETHUNE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 20, 1946 – January 12, 1967
Service recordRobert Edwin Bethune, of Massillon, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1967, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Massillon, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 14
- JOHNNY LEE BRUTONPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD BUSCHPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- FREDERICK THOMAS CARTERPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- RODNEY GEORGE DRAKESpecialist Four · January 12, 1967
From Massillon
- TIMOTHY DALE BERRYLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANCIS COYNELance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- RICHARD ELLSWORTH FUCHSLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- LAMONT DOUGLAS HILLPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- WILLIAM LEE NULPH JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- PAUL RAY MADDOXSergeant · December 23, 1967
- DAVID WALLACE HENDLEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT SINNOCKSergeant · May 30, 1968
- TERRY CHIP WELTYSpecialist Four · September 5, 1968
- RONALD STANTONSergeant First Class · October 20, 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.