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ROBERT EUGENE BACKMAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 21, 1946 – April 28, 1970
Service recordRobert Eugene Backman, of Mountain View, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Mountain View, California (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 63
- KEITH WARREN AUPrivate First Class · April 28, 1970
- DAVID CHARLES BUGMANCorporal · April 28, 1970
- CLINTON ARTHUR COOKSergeant · April 28, 1970
- ROBERT FREDERICK FAGE JRStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN RAY SANDLINCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 62
- FERNANDO RIOS-MALDONADOSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 65
- RAYMOND PETER SUSICorporal · Panel 11W, Line 65
- JOHN DANIEL VANDIVIERSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 65
From Mountain View
- MELVIN LAWRENCE FRONTELLAPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
- BRENT EDEN DAVISMajor · March 18, 1966
- RANDOLPH PAUL VEDROSPetty Officer Second Class · April 13, 1966
- MERVYN DONALD TEDDSCorporal · September 4, 1967
- DONALD ROBERT KIRBY IIILance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- CLIFFORD WAYNE WALKERSpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
- FREDERICK HOWARD TAPPANSpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
- RONALD KAZUO ASADASergeant · January 10, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD HANNIBALLance Corporal · January 26, 1969
- RONALD KELLEY WILSONSpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
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.