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ROBERT GORDON PETRIMOULX
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 6, 1945 – December 29, 1966
Service recordRobert Gordon Petrimoulx, of Belleville, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Belleville, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 99
- GARY W PRATHERPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK RATHBUNPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- JOSEPH ANDREW RAYNOStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS REILLYLance Corporal · December 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LUECO ALLEN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 95
- JOHN L HOLSTEINPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 98
- RICHARD EARL SIPESPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 100
From Belleville
- ROGER DEAN BULIFANTPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- KENNETH LIGE FULTONSpecialist Five · February 15, 1968
- EDWARD ALAN BIESPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- JAMES SHELTON STACEYSpecialist Four · August 2, 1969
- GREG ALLEN BARKERPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- GARY ALLEN KIRCHNERPrivate First Class · May 8, 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.