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ROBERT LEE HATCHER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 14, 1950 – December 8, 1969
Service recordRobert Lee Hatcher, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 38
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
- Clerk (70A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- April 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 38
- JIMMY LEE FOMBYPrivate First Class · December 8, 1969
- JOHN ALBERT HANCOCKCorporal · December 8, 1969
- JOSEPH EDWARD HARDEEPrivate First Class · December 8, 1969
- RANDALL BRUCE MILLERPrivate First Class · December 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY LEE FOMBYPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 38
- GARY HENTON MITCHELLPrivate · Panel 15W, Line 39
- GERALD RAYDINE ROSSSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 40
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.