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ROBERT JAMES SOVIZAL
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 16, 1944 – April 3, 1968
Service recordRobert James Sovizal, of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 56
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Construction Engineer (7110)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- July 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Pottstown, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 56
- DAVID LEONARD SKUMURSKIPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- WILLIE JAMES SMITHPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- LENARD STREET JRPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- ROOSEVELT THARRINGTON JRCorporal · April 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY WAYNE BARRETTPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 45
- FELIPE DURAN CAMARILLOStaff Sergeant · Panel 47E, Line 47
- ROBERT LYNN CASWELLSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 47
- GILBERT DELA PENASpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 48
- FRED RICHARD GLOVERSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 50
- RALPH CHARLES MCCOWANPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 53
- DANNY JOE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 53
- EDGAR LEE SIMMONSCorporal · Panel 47E, Line 55
- THOMAS PETER VISKERPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 57
- ELBERT BERTON WALKERPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 57
- JOHN TERRELL WILKINSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 47E, Line 58
From Pottstown
- RONALD J SEASHOLTZSergeant · April 11, 1966
- ROY ROBERT LAPISHSergeant First Class · March 4, 1967
- STANLEY DAVIDHEISER JRLance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- LARRY WADEFirst Lieutenant · November 11, 1967
- DENNIS J MILLERSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- LEE SCOTT ADAMSSecond Lieutenant · April 6, 1968
- DOUGLAS WILLARD GUEST JRSpecialist Four · April 7, 1968
- CARL GARY BECKPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
- JOSEPH RONALD SMOYERLance Corporal · April 24, 1970
- GARY CHARLES DAVIDSpecialist Five · March 1, 1971
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.