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ROBERT FULTON HELVESTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 20, 1948 – February 4, 1967
Service recordRobert Fulton Helveston, of Ft Myers, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 116
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Ft Myers, Florida (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1967; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 116
- SALVATORE CAMMARATASpecialist Four · February 4, 1967
- ALLAN PHILIP COLLAMORE JRLieutenant Commander · February 4, 1967
- HERB DOBYLieutenant Colonel · February 4, 1967
- RONALD CLAYTON KISSINGERLance Corporal · February 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- SALVATORE CAMMARATASpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 116
- JOSEPH RAYMOND MARTINEZSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 118
- JOHN STORELLIPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 120
- RICHARD ALAN WOODSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 121
From Ft Myers
- ERNEST M SCHULTZ IIISpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- CHRISTOPHER J DEAN JRPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- ROY DONALD HUTTINGSergeant · September 25, 1966
- GEORGE DANIEL THEISENPrivate First Class · December 13, 1966
- THOMAS LEE MCGEEPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- WILLIE JAMES MOOREPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- CLAYTON MARQUI SPAINHOWERPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- CULLIE WILSON BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 13, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE WHITTENSergeant · May 8, 1968
- JOHN KENT HAYWARDCaptain · December 17, 1968
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.