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ROBERT ERIC LOCHRIDGE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 24, 1946 – January 30, 1968
Service recordRobert Eric Lochridge, of Olympia, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 30, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Olympia, Washington (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
99 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
He died in Phu Yen 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.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 35E, Line 74
- JOHN HENRY JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- DENNIS BEN KOUHNSSpecialist Five · January 30, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL LAROUCHESergeant · January 30, 1968
- MARCELLO JAMES LOFAROSpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES CALVIN BODISONPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 66
- EDWARD EDDY CERVANTEZCorporal · Panel 35E, Line 67
- DAVID WAYNE DEPRIESTSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 68
- ARTHUR FLOYD ELLIOTTPrivate · Panel 35E, Line 69
- NORBERT LOUIS FROEHLICHCorporal · Panel 35E, Line 70
- LAWRENCE DOUGLAS GREENEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35E, Line 71
- JAMES MICHAEL LAROUCHESergeant · Panel 35E, Line 74
- MILOSLAV JOSE MARTINOVSKYStaff Sergeant · Panel 35E, Line 76
- JACK ROGER MCKEESergeant · Panel 35E, Line 76
- ROBERT CHARLES PETERSCorporal · Panel 35E, Line 78
- PETER WELLESLEY FOOTESergeant · Panel 35E, Line 80
- GENE AUTRY ROSSPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 80
- THOMAS HENRY SWINNEASergeant · Panel 35E, Line 82
- BRAD JOHN SZUTZPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 82
- JIMMIE PAUL WALLCorporal · Panel 35E, Line 82
- JOHN HENRY TIGNERStaff Sergeant · Panel 35E, Line 83
- ALVIN JOHN WESOLOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 84
- ROBERT EARL WHITBECKLieutenant Colonel · Panel 35E, Line 84
From Olympia
- DARRELL THOMAS RAYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- WILFRED C JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- KENNETH MILES CROUTPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- EDWARD WILLIAM WELLSWarrant Officer 1 · April 23, 1967
- EDWARD ORVILLE BILSIEStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
- KENNETH R WILLIAMS JRCorporal · March 9, 1968
- GARY LEIGH MACKSergeant · April 29, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES WHYTESergeant · May 28, 1968
- ANTHONY JOSEPH PEARSONCaptain · October 21, 1968
- KENNETH ALLEN HODGESSergeant First Class · November 14, 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.