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ROBERT FIELDS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 3, 1949 – October 9, 1969
Service recordRobert Fields JR, of Louisville, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 9, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Louisville, Georgia (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1969; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 55
- JIMMIE DON COXPrivate First Class · October 9, 1969
- BENNY RAY DUPREEPrivate First Class · October 9, 1969
- GEORGE ANDREY ELKINSStaff Sergeant · October 9, 1969
- JAMES HENRY GRAHAMSergeant · October 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DALLAS ALAN DRIVERSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 122
- RAYMOND GREGORY MOORESergeant · Panel 7W, Line 123
- JAMES LAWRENCE SUYDAMSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 124
From Louisville
- CARL EUGENE HOLBROOKSpecialist Four · June 25, 1967
- ROY WILLARD GODOWNSSergeant · January 1, 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.