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ROBERT JOHN PODNAR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 15, 1942 – June 5, 1970
Service recordRobert John Podnar, of Reinbeck, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 16
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- March 15, 1942
- Home of record
- Reinbeck, Iowa (Grundy County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1970; 15 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 16
- JAMES PETER HASSETTStaff Sergeant · June 5, 1970
- EVERETT DUEL RATLIFFSpecialist Four · June 5, 1970
- CHARLES A RICHARDSONWarrant Officer 1 · June 5, 1970
- RALPH S ROUSSELL JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EMERY COOKPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 12
- JOHNNY LEWIS DOVER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 13
- GRADY E MCBRIDE IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 15
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.