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ROBERT JOSEPH PASTORE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 16, 1947 – February 14, 1968
Service recordRobert Joseph Pastore, of Watkins Glen, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 37
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Watkins Glen, New York (Schuyler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 37
- WAYMAN E PASKINSSpecialist Four · February 14, 1968
- ALBERT EARL PATRICKPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- CHARLES OTIS PENNEYSergeant · February 14, 1968
- LIONEL NESBIT PHILLIPS JRPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WILLIAM WILSONSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 42
From Watkins Glen
- GARY LYNN GASCONPrivate First Class · November 1, 1967
- DANIEL HALEY LOVEPrivate First Class · August 22, 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.