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ROBERT FRANKLIN BACON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 3, 1945 – July 17, 1969
Service recordRobert Franklin Bacon, of Phillipsburg, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 17, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Phillipsburg, New Jersey (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 9
- DENNIS KARL HOPPOUGHLance Corporal · July 16, 1969
- ELWIN EARL SINGLETONSpecialist Five · July 16, 1969
- BENJAMIN JOSEPH SULLIVANPrivate First Class · July 16, 1969
- ROBERT D ANDRADESergeant First Class · July 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD GREGORY PHILLIPSSpecialist Five · Panel 20W, Line 11
- DANIEL MORELAND SHEEHANSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 12
- JONATHAN R VARSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 20W, Line 12
From Phillipsburg
- DENNIS KLINESpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- ALBERT ALEYA OUTWATER JRSergeant · July 21, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT MORRISPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- TERRANCE EDWARD SMITHStaff Sergeant · March 24, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN MARCANTONIPrivate · April 10, 1968
- ARTHUR MORTIMER ROWEPrivate First Class · June 1, 1968
- BRUCE EDWARD LAWRENCEMajor · July 5, 1968
- JOHN EDGAR MARASONCorporal · December 2, 1968
- WILLIAM MICHAEL KONYUWarrant Officer 1 · April 16, 1969
- JAMES LAWRENCE SUYDAMSergeant · October 9, 1969
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.