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ROBERT LEE OLDHAM
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 30, 1944 – July 10, 1970
Service recordRobert Lee Oldham, of Caldwell, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 6
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Caldwell, Texas (Burleson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 6
- PATRICK JOHN BOHANPrivate First Class · July 10, 1970
- THOMAS ALLEN CAMPBELLSergeant First Class · July 10, 1970
- JOHNNY RAY COBBStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1970
- ROBERT JAMES CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · July 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ALLEN CAMPBELLSergeant First Class · Panel 8W, Line 6
- DENNIS KEITH MARTINSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 8
From Caldwell
- DALMER DOLAN JUREKSergeant First Class · February 23, 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.