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ROBERT JOSEPH BAWAL
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 10, 1947 – December 6, 1967
Service recordRobert Joseph Bawal, of Marine City, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 43
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Marine City, Michigan (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1967; 16 of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 43
- WALTER R BOETTCHER JRSecond Lieutenant · December 6, 1967
- FRANK BRACKETTCorporal · December 6, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD BROWNPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- ROBERT OLEN BUCKNER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES EDWARD BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 43
- ROBERT OLEN BUCKNER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 43
- GARY RICHARD CLARKSecond Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 44
- JOHN CHARLES FILIPPIPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 44
- SOLOMON WILLIAM DEHARTPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 45
- ALFRED DUGGERPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 45
- GUY MARVIN FINLEYMaster Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 46
- GARY GORDON HAHNSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 46
- THOMAS O HARPER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 47
- DURWARD ALLAN LIMBACHERPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 49
- DAVID MICHAEL MIDCAPPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 49
- MARIO MOREU-LEONSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 50
- KEVIN MICHAEL MCGOVERNSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 51
- DOUGLAS LYLE MCLOUDCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 51
- ROBERT ALTON PRETTYCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 52
- WILLIAM HENRY PRUITT JRSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 52
- DANIEL KIMOKEO PUHICorporal · Panel 31E, Line 52
- ROBERT LEWIS PULTZPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 52
- JOSEPH LEE REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 53
- JOHN WOODWARD SOGNIER JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 54
- CLAYTON MARQUI SPAINHOWERPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 54
- TEDDY GENE WHITTONSpecialist Five · Panel 31E, Line 55
- EUGENE ZEIGLERSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 56
From Marine City
- ROBERT HAROLD DANNEELSPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- DONALD LEWIS WINCKLERLance Corporal · May 4, 1967
- DWIGHT GERALD REICHLELance Corporal · May 1, 1968
- ROBERT LEWIS EMERYSergeant · December 28, 1969
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.