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ROBERT JAMES MCINTOSH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 18, 1949 – December 2, 1969
Service recordRobert James McIntosh, of Venice, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- April 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Venice, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 18
- STACY KRESHOStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1969
- ROBERT RONALD LEISYSecond Lieutenant · December 2, 1969
- DARNELL MISTERPrivate First Class · December 2, 1969
- WILLIAM DALE SANDERLINStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1969
From Venice
- DONNELL BELLPrivate · February 25, 1968
- MELVIN JOHN FREISEPrivate First Class · April 23, 1969
- GARY LEE WALLENPrivate First Class · May 31, 1969
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.