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ROBERT GEORGE GUINN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 26, 1949 – June 4, 1970
Service recordRobert George Guinn, of Lincoln Park, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 7
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Lincoln Park, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 7
- SYRES MATTSON BROWNLance Corporal · June 4, 1970
- ALAN GEORGE DEMOROWSergeant · June 4, 1970
- STEPHEN CRAIG FOHTPrivate First Class · June 4, 1970
- JERRY CECIL GILLETTSpecialist Four · June 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FRANK EDWARD MCCLELLANSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 8
From Lincoln Park
- GERALD ANTHONY KOSAKOWSKISpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM POWERSPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- ELI WAYNE NICHOLSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- RICHARD DENNIS KAMINSKIPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- RONALD LEE BECKETTCorporal · April 27, 1967
- GARY WAYNE KLINELance Corporal · June 3, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN NELSONHospitalman · November 14, 1967
- VAUGHN THOMAS ONEILPrivate First Class · November 21, 1967
- JOHN FOLDVARY JRCorporal · March 17, 1968
- THOMAS JOHNSON BRADFORDCorporal · May 2, 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.