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ROBERT JOHN SCHARES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 5, 1948 – November 18, 1969
Service recordRobert John Schares, of Jesup, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 18, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 93
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Jesup, Iowa (Buchanan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 93
- ALAN BRADFORD TURNERPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH HARTMANSergeant · November 18, 1969
- ANDREW GREGORY KIRCHMAYERCaptain · November 18, 1969
- JOSEPH MICHAEL RAGSDALESpecialist Four · November 18, 1969
From Jesup
- GERALD THOMAS FETTKETHERSpecialist Four · February 8, 1967
- WILLIAM DAVID THORPESpecialist Four · August 26, 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.