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ROBERT EGGLESTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 29, 1950 – June 24, 1971
Service recordRobert Eggleston, of Leighton, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 87
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- August 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Leighton, Alabama (Colbert County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 87
- RICKY DEAN GILCHRISTSergeant · June 23, 1971
- RONALD DUANE CALLOWAYSpecialist Four · June 24, 1971
- GILBERT LEWIS MATTHEWS JRCaptain · June 24, 1971
- TOIVO BERNHARD NOMMSpecialist Four · June 24, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DONNIE WRAY ANDERSONSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 86
- RONALD DUANE CALLOWAYSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 87
- ROBERT LEE MORGANFLASHStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 88
From Leighton
- CHARLES WAYMAN MCCARYPrivate · February 24, 1963
- ANANIAS BENTFORDCorporal · May 28, 1970
- WILLIAM ERNEST BERRYMANCorporal · December 7, 1970
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.