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ROBERT JAY HESS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 16, 1948 – April 18, 1968
Service recordRobert Jay Hess, of Sacramento, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 36
- RONALD MICHAEL VIVONACorporal · April 6, 1968
- GEORGE GAYRAL ADAMSSpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
- PAUL EDWIN ADAMSSpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
- MEL ROY BALLARDSergeant · April 18, 1968
- JERRY LEE BOYLESSpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- UDO HANNIGANPrivate · Panel 50E, Line 39
- STERLING G W RIDDICKSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 41
- DONALD EUGENE SMRTNIKSergeant · Panel 50E, Line 42
- REGINALD WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 43
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
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.