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ROBERT EUGENE DEVINNEY
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 30, 1947 – December 7, 1969
Service recordRobert Eugene Devinney, of Mound, Minnesota, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 35
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Mound, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 35
- DANIEL ROSS FANKBONERPrivate First Class · December 7, 1969
- ISSAC DAVID FAUGHNStaff Sergeant · December 7, 1969
- CHARLES EUGENE FULKSPrivate First Class · December 7, 1969
- RUSSELL EUGENE GEDEONSergeant · December 7, 1969
From Mound
- DOUGLAS LYLE SHORTLEYSpecialist Four · March 18, 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.