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ROBERT LAWRENCE FAIRBOTHAM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 13, 1949 – September 5, 1968
Service recordRobert Lawrence Fairbotham, of Grayling, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 40
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 7 BN 8 ARTY II FF
- Born
- November 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Grayling, Michigan (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1968; eight of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 40
- TOMAS ANTONIO BARRERAPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE BOTTSSergeant · September 5, 1968
- FREDERICK GOCZALPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- CARLTON TRAVIS GOREEPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
From Grayling
- JAMES EVART BLAAUWSpecialist Four · March 22, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES HATFIELDWarrant Officer 1 · March 22, 1970
- JAMES ERWIN RUSSSpecialist Four · May 23, 1970
- CARL WILHELM BORCHERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 6, 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.