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ROBERT LEE COONROD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 17, 1943 – August 28, 1968
Service recordRobert Lee Coonrod, of Napa, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 48
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 17, 1943
- Home of record
- Napa, California (Napa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 48
- JAMES JOSEPH CRISWELLPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- JAMES CURRIE JRPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- WILLIAM TERRELL DAVISStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1968
- PEDRO DIAZCorporal · August 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DON CHAMPIONCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 47
From Napa
- JACK DANIEL LANELLISpecialist Five · August 31, 1965
- EDWARD WARREN WOODRUFFPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- GARY WAYNE RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- RICKY ALAN MYERSPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- PATRICK DALE MORIARTYChief Petty Officer · March 9, 1968
- ARNOLD JAY FERRARIStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1968
- STEVEN GARY HICKSSpecialist Four · May 22, 1968
- MICHAEL ROY CLASENPetty Officer Third Class · August 25, 1968
- ROBERT HENRY BUEHLERPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- RONALD ALLEN BEARDSLEYCorporal · October 31, 1968
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.