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ROBERT FRANKLIN MELTON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 16, 1946 – January 15, 1967
Service recordRobert Franklin Melton JR, of Lexington, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Quartermaster Supply Specialist (76E)
- Born
- April 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Lexington, North Carolina (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 14E, Line 36
- JAMES STEVEN CAMPPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- FRANK HOWARD LASKINPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- DAVID LEE MILESPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- DANIEL HAGAN MORAN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · January 15, 1967
From Lexington
- HAROLD DANIEL MCCARNCaptain · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD ROOSEVELT BANKSStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1966
- JACOB H CUNNINGHAM IIISpecialist Four · February 14, 1967
- WILLIAM FORDSergeant First Class · October 23, 1967
- SAMUEL F HOLLIFIELD JRPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- JIMMY CARROLL HESTERCorporal · December 24, 1968
- RONALD FRED LEONARDSpecialist Four · March 20, 1970
- ANDREW JACKSON NEWCOMBECorporal · February 14, 1971
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.