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ROBERT L FOWBLE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 22, 1945 – November 3, 1966
Service recordRobert L Fowble JR, of Greenville, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Greenville, Ohio (Darke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 13
- RICCARDO BURTON DICKERSONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1966
- JAMES WILLIAM EISNERPrivate First Class · November 3, 1966
- JOEL FULLERPrivate First Class · November 3, 1966
- JAMES JAY HEALEYPrivate First Class · November 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOEL FULLERPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 13
- RONALD EUGENE HESSONPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 14
- JOHN ROBERT JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 14
- JAMES MARION KLINKSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 14
- THOMAS ALOYSIUS LAWLESSSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 14
- DALE ALLEN PERKINSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 12E, Line 15
- DONALD THOMAS CASSIDYStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 16
From Greenville
- GENE MILTON LUTZLance Corporal · May 20, 1966
- HUBERT CLAYTON CARTERPlatoon Sergeant · December 8, 1967
- GERALD BRUCE GREENDYKEFirst Lieutenant · February 3, 1968
- TERRY RICHARD HEISERSpecialist Five · May 12, 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.