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ROBERT JOSEPH BELTRAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 13, 1949 – October 12, 1970
Service recordRobert Joseph Beltran, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 127
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 127
- CLYDE ELMER WALTER JRCorporal · October 11, 1970
- DONALD NISLER WHITESpecialist Four · October 11, 1970
- ROBERT BENTON BAKER JRSergeant · October 12, 1970
- LARRY GENE BATCHERPrivate First Class · October 12, 1970
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.