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ROBERT F COLATRUGLIO
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
March 10, 1948 – June 20, 1970
Service recordRobert F Colatruglio, of Warren, Michigan, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1970, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 71
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
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Warren, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1970
- 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
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1970; three of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 71
- LARRY ROBERT LADDSpecialist Four · June 19, 1970
- JOHNNY MACK WATSONPrivate First Class · June 19, 1970
- WILLIAM ROBERT BONNERSpecialist Four · June 20, 1970
- MARK CURTIS BRANTLEYSergeant · June 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH PATRICK LUTZSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 73
- ALEX C SPENCE JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9W, Line 75
From Warren
- RONALD FRANK SKOVIAKCorporal · October 8, 1963
- RICHARD LEE HOLLINGSWORTHSergeant · January 9, 1966
- DENNIS M LYDENPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- GERALD RICCICorporal · February 12, 1967
- ROMAN ROZEL VILLAMOR JRLance Corporal · March 31, 1967
- ALAN LANECorporal · May 13, 1967
- JEREMY MICHAEL JARVISMajor · July 25, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN JACOBSPrivate First Class · August 27, 1967
- MICHAEL AUGUST HOGLUNDSergeant · November 10, 1967
- ROGER JOSEPH HOOVERPrivate · December 1, 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.