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ROBERT JAMES WASHINGTON
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 29, 1949 – August 28, 1968
Service recordRobert James Washington, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 55
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 55
- THOMAS VERNON WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- RONALD EUGENE ADKINSPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- KERRY ALEXANDERPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- DAVID ALICEAPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES JOSEPH CRISWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 48
- JAMES CURRIE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 48
- MARK LOREN HOOKPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 49
- ARMANDO SANCHEZ NAVARROPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 49
- THOMAS ROBERT LAMBStaff Sergeant · Panel 46W, Line 50
- MICHAEL JEFFREY MITCHELLSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 51
- JAMES ROBERT PIZZANOPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 53
- VICTOR M PLOURDESpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 53
- CHARLES SOTOSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 53
- PAUL MARION STOCKWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 53
- ISIAH THOMASCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 54
- THOMAS VERNON WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 55
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 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.