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ROBERT EUGENE HEWITT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 27, 1948 – December 14, 1969
Service recordRobert Eugene Hewitt, of Warren, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 14, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 55
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
- Clerk (71A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- November 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Warren, Ohio (Trumbull County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1969; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 55
- EUGENE CAULEY JRPrivate First Class · December 14, 1969
- GRANT HAMLY HIGHSMITHStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1969
- CARL LEROY HUGHES JRPrivate First Class · December 14, 1969
- CHESTER LYN HUGHEYPrivate First Class · December 14, 1969
From Warren
- ANDRE HAROULAKISSecond Lieutenant · November 20, 1965
- ROBERT DONALD LOGUELance Corporal · December 5, 1965
- DAVID LEE JACKSON JRSpecialist Five · January 17, 1966
- DALLAS EDWIN HICKMANSergeant · March 18, 1966
- BERNARD JAMES RODZENCorporal · May 3, 1966
- ROBERT VIRGIL THOMASPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- ALBERT C MYERSSpecialist Four · February 24, 1967
- RICHARD MYRON LOMBARDOPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- PERCY JULIANSergeant · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL SKOVRANPrivate First Class · September 29, 1967
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.