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ROBERT L SPRINGER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 19, 1945 – May 5, 1968
Service recordRobert L Springer, of Waco, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Waco, Texas (Mclennan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; four of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 32
- LOUIS LEON SPEERPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- DONALD RAY STEPHENSONSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- ARNOLD LEE STEWARTSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- BRUCE WAYNE TABORPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY SAM FRYEMaster Sergeant · Panel 55E, Line 12
- CHAD DAVID MEADOWSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 55E, Line 22
- JOHN H PATE JRSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 26
- ERNEST ROSADO SRSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 29
From Waco
- RAYMOND JOE VRBA JRStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1965
- LEROY GARRETT JRSpecialist Five · October 14, 1965
- MELVIN EUGENE COOKSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- BENNY GLEN HACKLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- TERRANCE DEAN ADAMSCorporal · January 30, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 8, 1966
- ANTONIO JIMENEZSergeant · March 5, 1966
- WILLIE GEORGE HAWKINS JRCorporal · March 10, 1966
- DONALD RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- CHARLES WESLEY GOBER JRSergeant · June 4, 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.