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ROBERT LAWRENCE POWERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 11, 1948 – February 27, 1968
Service recordRobert Lawrence Powers, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 11, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1968; three of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Phong Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 53
- GILBERT SWAIN PALMER JRColonel · February 27, 1968
- LARRY WYNN PETETTSecond Lieutenant · February 27, 1968
- FERNANDO MENDOZA QUINTEROSergeant First Class · February 27, 1968
- RODNEY ALLEN ROATPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAMIRO ALVARADOSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 47
- ROSCOE EDWARD BRYANTSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 48
- DOUGLAS JOHN BURDICKPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 48
- FERNANDO MENDOZA QUINTEROSergeant First Class · Panel 41E, Line 53
- RODNEY ALLEN ROATPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 53
- JOSE ANTONIO HINOJOSAPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 55
- GEORGE EDGAR SPECKPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 55
- JOSE RAFAEL TAVAREZSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 56
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.