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ROBERT JOSEPH AUCOIN
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
August 21, 1945 – July 27, 1968
Service recordRobert Joseph Aucoin, of Worcester, Massachusetts, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 27, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 17
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- August 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Worcester, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 17
- WILLIAM ALBERT ATWELLLance Corporal · June 12, 1968
- THEODORE NICHOLAS BOLAKSpecialist Four · July 27, 1968
- DURWOOD CAULDERLance Corporal · July 27, 1968
- FRANK EUGENE FULLERTONCommander · July 27, 1968
From Worcester
- THOM THURSTON OSBORNPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE DRAKE JRHospitalman · March 20, 1966
- ROBERT J DIREDAPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD CAPUANOPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- DANIEL VICTOR MANZAROCorporal · April 1, 1966
- RALPH VICTOR RENAULD JRPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- WALTER STEPHAN MOONEYLance Corporal · September 5, 1966
- RICHARD CHARLES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- RUSSELL PETER BOTTMaster Sergeant · December 2, 1966
- ALLAN PHILIP COLLAMORE JRLieutenant Commander · February 4, 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.