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ROBERT J DIREDA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 27, 1943 – March 30, 1966
Service recordRobert J Direda, of Worcester, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 27, 1943
- Home of record
- Worcester, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 63
- LAWRENCE ALAN BRITTENCaptain · March 30, 1966
- GEORGE ANTHONY CANNATA JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- CALVIN L CHEIVESSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- MCARTHUR COLEMANLance Corporal · March 30, 1966
Same unit, same day
- IVAN ALFEROFFSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 61
- JAMES MALCOLM ARBUTHNOTSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 61
- PAUL STUART ASHLINEPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 62
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · Panel 6E, Line 62
- LAWRENCE ALAN BRITTENCaptain · Panel 6E, Line 63
- GEORGE ANTHONY CANNATA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 63
- CALVIN L CHEIVESSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 63
- DAVID HERBERT ELMANPrivate · Panel 6E, Line 64
- JAMES WILLIAM GRADYStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 64
- RICHARD CRAIG GROVESergeant · Panel 6E, Line 64
- LEONARD STEPHEN HAUSERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 64
- TYRONE WADE HISEYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 6E, Line 64
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · Panel 6E, Line 65
- FLOYD MONROE HORTONSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 65
- JOHNNY HUDSONSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 65
- JOHN GLEN JACKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 65
- JAMES NEWTON MATTHEWSStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 66
- LEE ARTHUR MOORE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 66
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 66
- CHARLES JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 67
- DAVID LYNN MCCONNAUGHEYPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 67
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 6E, Line 67
- DAVID BRUCE POWELL JRSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 67
- DORSE RIGGSStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 67
From Worcester
- THOM THURSTON OSBORNPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE DRAKE JRHospitalman · March 20, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD CAPUANOPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- DANIEL VICTOR MANZAROCorporal · April 1, 1966
- RALPH VICTOR RENAULD JRPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- WALTER STEPHAN MOONEYLance Corporal · September 5, 1966
- RICHARD CHARLES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- RUSSELL PETER BOTTMaster Sergeant · December 2, 1966
- ALLAN PHILIP COLLAMORE JRLieutenant Commander · February 4, 1967
- PHILLIP ANTHONY OBRIENPrivate First Class · May 10, 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.