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ROBERT FRANK SERIO
Captain · U.S. Army
September 5, 1942 – April 17, 1968
Service recordRobert Frank Serio, of New York, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 33
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Operations Officer (G3, S3) (2163)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 5, 1942
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 33
- MICHAEL LAVERNE PHEIFFERPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- ALVIN LEE POUNDSPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- LARRY GENE RUSSELLLance Corporal · April 17, 1968
- FREDDIE LEON SONAGGERASecond Lieutenant · April 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES PATRICK BOYLESergeant · Panel 50E, Line 26
- ROBERT CLOYCE HAMPSHIRESpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 28
- THOMAS JAY HAYES IVCaptain · Panel 50E, Line 29
- GEORGE ALEX HUDSON JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 29
- HOWARD C WILLIAMS JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 35
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.