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ROBERT JOSEPH WROBEL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 4, 1946 – April 2, 1970
Service recordRobert Joseph Wrobel, of Syracuse, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 86
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Syracuse, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 86
- DENNIS LEE YOUNGPrivate First Class · April 2, 1970
- ROBERT SAMUEL ALEXANDERPrivate First Class · April 3, 1970
- EDWARD JEFFREY BAKERPetty Officer Third Class · April 3, 1970
- DWIGHT HERBERT BALLCorporal · April 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN MICHAEL KENOFFELSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 81
From Syracuse
- EDWARD EUGENE KRUKOWSKICaptain · June 10, 1965
- JOHN STEVEN MICHALSKISergeant · October 31, 1965
- FRANCIS EDWARD VISCONTIMajor · November 22, 1965
- MARVIN MARK BELTSergeant · December 26, 1965
- JAMES VICTOR BIGTREECorporal · January 11, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY FODAROTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · February 26, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- BERNARD JOSEPH GOSSColonel · April 23, 1966
- KEVIN MICHAEL FLAHERTYSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 1966
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.