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ROBERT JOHN HYNES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 1, 1943 – May 10, 1969
Service recordRobert John Hynes, of Long Island City, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 39
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 1, 1943
- Home of record
- Long Island City, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1969; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 39
- PETER GIBSONCorporal · May 10, 1969
- DEMETRIUS JEROME GRAYSSpecialist Four · May 10, 1969
- ROBERT WARREN HANSENLance Corporal · May 10, 1969
- THOMAS HOWARD HEISEPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- RUSSELL LOWELL PLATTCaptain · May 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES CARMEN BYRDSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 37
- DEMETRIUS JEROME GRAYSSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 39
From Long Island City
- WILLIAM JAMES HENRYPrivate First Class · September 16, 1965
- JOSEPH STEPHEN HENRIQUEZLieutenant Commander · August 10, 1966
- PETER JOSEPH FREDERICKColonel · March 15, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH SUSSMEIERPrivate · July 8, 1967
- WALTER EDMUND GIBLIN JRPrivate First Class · July 19, 1967
- JOSEPH HEALYSpecialist Four · December 3, 1967
- ABRAHAM JACKSONStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES BAUER JRPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- EDWARD EUGENE HOLTCorporal · March 21, 1968
- CHARLES E DANIELSPrivate First Class · March 22, 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.