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ROBERT JAMES WHALEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 26, 1948 – April 17, 1969
Service recordRobert James Whalen, of Hallandale, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 104
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Hallandale, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. 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 27W, Line 104
- JAMES CLIFFORD SWANSON SRSpecialist Four · April 17, 1969
- WALTER MINOR TAYLORPrivate First Class · April 17, 1969
- ROBERT WAYNE TORESONPrivate First Class · April 17, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL TRIPLETTSergeant · April 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM RACCAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27W, Line 105
From Hallandale
- JONATHAN CECIL ROKERPrivate First Class · June 13, 1966
- FRED ARTHUR JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- GARY RAYMOND MCKENDRICKAirman First Class · July 25, 1968
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.