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ROBERT GEORGE WILKIE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 24, 1947 – December 21, 1966
Service recordRobert George Wilkie, of Coleman, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 70
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)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Coleman, Michigan (Midland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 70
- JAMES FRANCIS WENDOLOWSKISpecialist Four · December 21, 1966
- RICHARD GENE WORMDAHLSpecialist Four · December 21, 1966
- VICENTE ZUNIGASpecialist Four · December 21, 1966
- GENE LYLE BETTGERSpecialist Four · December 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE RAY DURHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 67
- LUIS OLMOSPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 69
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.