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ROBERT GLEN ARDOIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 24, 1950 – August 2, 1969
Service recordRobert Glen Ardoin, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 84
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- January 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Lake Charles, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 84
- JAMES THACKERGunnery Sergeant · August 1, 1969
- FRANK DANIEL WALTHERSCorporal · August 1, 1969
- HAROLD DAVID WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · August 1, 1969
- DAVID MARTIN BALLSpecialist Four · August 2, 1969
From Lake Charles
- DONNY RAY STEVENSCorporal · October 14, 1965
- DONALD C CORNETTFirst Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM VALRIE PHARRISPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- DAVID ALLEN LISTEAirman · October 26, 1966
- SHELTON L BREAUXSergeant · December 8, 1966
- ANDREW RICHARD BROUSSARDPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- LEROY REEDPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- WALTER THOMAS KAY JRMaster Sergeant · October 29, 1967
- JACK LEE CROXDALE IISpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- ROBERT GEORGE BURNSSpecialist Four · March 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.