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ROBERT JOHN CURTIS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 29, 1929 – December 29, 1970
Service recordRobert John Curtis, of Springfield, Ohio, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 29, 1929
- Home of record
- Springfield, Ohio (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1970
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 13
- FREDRICK KEITH BRANDTSergeant · December 28, 1970
- KENNETH WAYNE GRIFFINCorporal · December 28, 1970
- JAMES LEONARD SMITHCaptain · December 28, 1970
- ROGER LYNN TEETERStaff Sergeant · December 28, 1970
From Springfield
- LEROY EUGENE SIMONSPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- DONALD RAY BRYANTCaptain · June 27, 1966
- FREDERICK ALLEN WATHENSeaman Apprentice · July 13, 1966
- DOUGLAS BOYD HADDIXCorporal · August 10, 1966
- TERRY LEE WALLSCorporal · November 5, 1966
- STEVEN JACK ADAMSPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- CARL FRANCIS MOWERYPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- STEVEN RAY ANDERSONSpecialist Four · March 23, 1967
- JOSEPH CROSSLEYSergeant · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD RAYMOND BEANLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
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.