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ROBERT EUGENE MCAFERTY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 22, 1948 – March 22, 1969
Service recordRobert Eugene McAferty, of Olympia, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 12
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Olympia, Washington (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 12
- DANNY EUGENE HUBBSCorporal · March 22, 1969
- ROBERT PATRICK ILSLEYSpecialist Five · March 22, 1969
- EUGENE JOHN GEORGE KOCKSergeant · March 22, 1969
- GILBERT ELLIS MCDANIELHospitalman · March 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RALPH NEVIN BICKFORDCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 8
- DAVID DENNIS OUELLETTEPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 13
- LAWRENCE LEON SMITHSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 14
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
- ROBERT ERIC LOCHRIDGESergeant · January 30, 1968
- 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
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.