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ROBERT HOWARD COLEGROVE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 25, 1946 – April 8, 1968
Service recordRobert Howard Colegrove, of Grayson, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 51
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Grayson, Kentucky (Carter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 51
- MELVIN BERNARD BROWNSpecialist Five · April 8, 1968
- GENE FRANCIS COLLIERPrivate First Class · April 8, 1968
- CLAYTON ANDREW CRAFTPrivate First Class · April 8, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE DILLOWSpecialist Four · April 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL LEWIS SAWYER JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 48E, Line 53
From Grayson
- GEORGE EVERETT DICKERSONSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
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.