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ROBERT EUGENE WHITTEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 27, 1947 – May 8, 1968
Service recordRobert Eugene Whitten, of Ft Myers, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Myers, Florida (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 12
- ROOSEVELT WHITEPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE ADOLFLance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- GEORGE VERNON AIREY JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- ALBERT KAIWI AKAMUSergeant First Class · May 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROLAND CLEMON CROSBYSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 1
- ARMSTEAD JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 57E, Line 4
- DAVID BRUCE KNAPPPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 5
- GERALD WAYNE MCCONNEL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 7
- RONNIE LEE OBNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 8
- DONALD WILLIAM PICKERINGPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 8
From Ft Myers
- ERNEST M SCHULTZ IIISpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- CHRISTOPHER J DEAN JRPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- ROY DONALD HUTTINGSergeant · September 25, 1966
- GEORGE DANIEL THEISENPrivate First Class · December 13, 1966
- ROBERT FULTON HELVESTONPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- THOMAS LEE MCGEEPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- WILLIE JAMES MOOREPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- CLAYTON MARQUI SPAINHOWERPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- CULLIE WILSON BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 13, 1968
- JOHN KENT HAYWARDCaptain · December 17, 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.