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ROBERT JOSEPH HUDDLESTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 8, 1949 – May 12, 1970
Service recordRobert Joseph Huddleston, of La Follette, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 25
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 8, 1949
- Home of record
- La Follette, Tennessee (Campbell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 25
- TERRANCE LEE HOODSpecialist Four · May 12, 1970
- ROBERT HENRY JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · May 12, 1970
- GRIFFITH ALFRED JONESSergeant Major · May 12, 1970
- STEPHEN JOSEPH KEESLERCorporal · May 12, 1970
From La Follette
- GEORGE GLEN HEATHERLYSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- BILL BROOKS LONGCorporal · January 29, 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.