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ROBERT LARRY OAKS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 12, 1949 – November 11, 1969
Service recordRobert Larry Oaks, of Lamesa, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 59
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Lamesa, Texas (Dawson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 59
- EDWARD WESLEY MCCARTYPrivate First Class · November 11, 1969
- WILLIE EDWARD MCINTOSHPrivate First Class · November 11, 1969
- MICHAEL PATRICK MCQUEERSpecialist Four · November 11, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM MEADOWSStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CARL FRANKLIN GOACHERCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 57
- WILLIAM F LITTLE IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 16W, Line 58
From Lamesa
- EDGAR LEE HAWKINSMajor · September 20, 1965
- GILIVALDO A MARTINEZ JRStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1965
- LUIS GARCIA GONZALES JRCorporal · June 17, 1968
- FELIX DENNIS RIDGEPrivate First Class · December 8, 1968
- JOE EDDIE DEMERSONPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
- ROBERT MICHAEL SNELLCaptain · June 14, 1969
- JOHN D MARTINSergeant · July 13, 1969
- JAMES DARRELL WADDELLSergeant · April 14, 1971
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.