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ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 28, 1942 – February 26, 1966
Service recordRobert Lee Hoskins JR, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 28, 1942
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5E, Line 80
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- JOHN PERRY GILLIAMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DANIEL RAYMOND JAMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- SIMMIE BELLAMY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 78
- ELMER EUGENE BERRYStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 78
- THOMAS COLEMAN BREWER JRSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 78
- RONALD C CAVINEEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 79
- IRVIN CLARKE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 79
- CHARLIES E DANIELSPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 79
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 79
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 80
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 80
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 81
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · Panel 5E, Line 82
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 1966
- ROBERT BRUCE KNUTSONPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
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.