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ROBERT LE ROY RIGHTER JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 17, 1949 – September 8, 1967
Service recordRobert Le Roy Righter JR, of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ordnance Supply And Part Specialist (76D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Reynoldsburg, Ohio (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 37
- JUAN RAMIREZSpecialist Five · September 8, 1967
- JOHN DAVID REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · September 8, 1967
- FRANK EUGENE ROBINSONPetty Officer Second Class · September 8, 1967
- ROGER CLARKE ROSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DALTON TRURO GOFFSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 35
- KURT LLOYD KUHNSCaptain · Panel 26E, Line 35
- LARRY GAY LANCESpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 36
- JUAN RAMIREZSpecialist Five · Panel 26E, Line 37
- ROGER CLARKE ROSEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 26E, Line 37
- FRANK LOUIS ZIGALOSergeant First Class · Panel 26E, Line 38
From Reynoldsburg
- DAVID EARL KEISTERPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- ROBERT RONALD BUCKSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- FRED GEORGE MICKSergeant · October 12, 1972
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.