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ROBERT FRANK VERNES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 9, 1945 – February 16, 1967
Service recordRobert Frank Vernes, of Anaheim, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 52
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Anaheim, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1967; five of them were lost in Long An Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 52
- TOMMY J TERRYSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- WILLIAM ARCHABLE THOMASStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1967
- KENNETH CARL TITSWORTHPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- MICHAEL STEVEN UHLIGWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1967
- ALTON JOSEPH ZERANGUE JRStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES RATES LEWISSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 47
- ROY CHARLES LITTLEHALESPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 47
- GARY CHARLES RICHARDSPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 51
From Anaheim
- JAMES LEAVELL PURSERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 19, 1965
- JOHN VELCO FIORENTINSecond Lieutenant · November 23, 1965
- BOBBY JOE ALBERTONChief Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN CULLENPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY MCCOMMONSPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- MAX ANDY LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- JOHN ALAN FRICKPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM LINNCorporal · May 7, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR NICHOLSONLance Corporal · May 14, 1967
- DENNIS ALFRED OCONNORCorporal · June 27, 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.