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ROBERT JOHN KUCWAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 24, 1948 – June 7, 1968
Service recordRobert John Kucway, of Hamtramck, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 25
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)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Hamtramck, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1968; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 25
- JEROME DEAN KUPPERSCHMIDTCorporal · June 7, 1968
- ROBERT VASO KURILICHMajor · June 7, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL LEAHYPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
- RAMON LEYBAPetty Officer Third Class · June 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CONEY ELLISPrivate First Class · Panel 59W, Line 22
- LELAND DOUGLAS WELCHPrivate First Class · Panel 59W, Line 29
From Hamtramck
- ALTON SMITHPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
- PAUL FRANK RUSZKIEWICZSpecialist Four · April 24, 1967
- RICHARD KROLIKOWSKICorporal · November 14, 1967
- THOMAS CURTIS MAYSSergeant · November 25, 1967
- MARVIN SCOTTSpecialist Four · June 19, 1968
- MELVIN GUYTONCorporal · March 11, 1969
- GERALD MCCORVEYSpecialist Four · May 9, 1969
- JAMES VINCENT ALDREDSpecialist Four · October 20, 1969
- JAMES ROGERS KINGPrivate First Class · September 1, 1970
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.