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ROBERT HYATT WESCOTT JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 8, 1935 – April 29, 1969
Service recordRobert Hyatt Wescott JR, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 8, 1935
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1969
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1969; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 81
- FRANK CARL AMBROSIOSpecialist Four · April 30, 1969
- LAWRENCE EDWARD BAUERCorporal · April 30, 1969
- WALTER PAUL BEMPrivate First Class · April 30, 1969
- RICHARD PATRICK BLANTONSergeant · April 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ERWIN JOHN HARDERCorporal · Panel 26W, Line 78
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.