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ROBERT K SPILLNER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 14, 1939 – August 18, 1969
Service recordRobert K Spillner, of Waipahu, Hawaii, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 63
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 14, 1939
- Home of record
- Waipahu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 63
- BENNY BRUCE PARKERLance Corporal · August 18, 1969
- BOBBY RIDDLESpecialist Four · August 18, 1969
- JOHN CARL RODGERSSpecialist Four · August 18, 1969
- EDWIN JOSEPH SMOLAREK JRCorporal · August 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RODNEY LOUIS ENGELPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 60
- ROBERT ALAN FOXPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 60
- MARK WELDON GRIGSBYSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 60
- GARY WAYNE HARVEYPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 61
- GEARLD ALBERT HENRYSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 61
- EDWIN CLOYD HOCKENBERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 61
- DAVID LEWISPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 62
- VINCENT TOMMY MASCIALECorporal · Panel 19W, Line 62
- DOUGLAS CARROLL MERRILLPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 62
- THOMAS LEE STRADTMANSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 64
- PAUL WARD VANDERBOOM JRSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 64
From Waipahu
- TONY R ARRIAGASergeant · May 6, 1966
- ABRAHAM PANGANORANStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1967
- HENRY T ARAGONStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1967
- RODNEY SALVADOR CANTOHOSCorporal · February 13, 1968
- EUGENE CHARLES WIREGunnery Sergeant · February 23, 1968
- JOSEPH SAROCAMSergeant First Class · September 18, 1968
- ANDRES BALAIStaff Sergeant · December 16, 1968
- LARRY MELVIN ALCOSSpecialist Four · February 16, 1969
- THOMAS RICHARD ROOTSergeant · July 27, 1969
- FRANKLIN DANIEL SIBAYANSpecialist Four · July 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.