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ROBERT HOWARD INGRAM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 21, 1944 – December 21, 1968
Service recordRobert Howard Ingram, of Chula Vista, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 57
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
- Communications Center Specialist (72B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- September 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Chula Vista, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 57
- SYLVESTER JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 21, 1968
- MICHAEL JAY MCDONALDPrivate First Class · December 21, 1968
- EDWARD CURTIS MCHENRYSergeant · December 21, 1968
- JOHN BIGELOW MOORESecond Lieutenant · December 21, 1968
From Chula Vista
- PAUL ARTHUR WILDAUERLieutenant Commander · March 2, 1964
- RICHARD BRIGHTPrivate · July 21, 1966
- RICHARD EARL SIPESPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- CHARLES LEE MYERSSergeant · February 13, 1967
- WILSON E BIBLER JRSpecialist Four · February 24, 1967
- EDWIN EARL COOPERHospitalman · February 24, 1967
- JOHN IGNATIUS HIGGINS JRHospitalman · October 14, 1967
- RICHARD D WEEDERSpecialist Five · October 17, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD BIERNACKISergeant · March 14, 1968
- RAYMOND OMER KINCANNONCaptain · April 1, 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.