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ROBERT KAY WAGNER
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
May 5, 1933 – August 15, 1968
Service recordRobert Kay Wagner, of Barstow, California, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 15, 1968, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 20
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Storekeeper (SK)
- Born
- May 5, 1933
- Home of record
- Barstow, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1968; he was the only one lost in Vinh Binh Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 20
- BYRON CLAIR TUCKERWarrant Officer 1 · August 15, 1968
- WILLIAM NORMAND URSINPrivate First Class · August 15, 1968
- LEROY ALLEN WHITLOWCorporal · August 15, 1968
- AUGUSTUS LOUIS WILLIAMSSergeant First Class · August 15, 1968
From Barstow
- CLARENCE GRIEGOPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- DANIEL EUGENE NELSON JRPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- CHARLES RUIZ LEMUS JRPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- EUGENE F CHRISTIANSENSergeant First Class · February 6, 1969
- MARTIN JOSEPH CANAVAN JRStaff Sergeant · March 29, 1969
- PHILLIP DUANE BURFOOTSpecialist Four · June 7, 1969
- JACKIE LEE SMITHCorporal · July 15, 1969
- SALVADOR LEAL JRSpecialist Four · July 25, 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.