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ROBERT LEE PAYNTER
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
January 31, 1949 – January 7, 1971
Service recordRobert Lee Paynter, of Jerseyville, Illinois, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 7, 1971, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 31
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 ASLT
- Born
- January 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Jerseyville, Illinois (Jersey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1971; two of them were lost in Kien Giang Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 ASLT”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 31
- GERALD WILLIAM HILLSpecialist Four · January 7, 1971
- ROBERT BRUCE MICHALKSpecialist Four · January 7, 1971
- RUSSEL COURTNEY NELSONCorporal · January 7, 1971
- CHARLES MITCHELL PRICEStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM CHARLES VASEYLieutenant · Panel 5W, Line 32
From Jerseyville
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN MILLERPrivate First Class · September 7, 1967
- IVAN DAVID ROTHFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 1967
- DALE PORTER BERTHOUXSpecialist Four · November 26, 1967
- ARTHUR L TUCKERPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- MICHAEL DEE MCCLAINSpecialist Four · September 30, 1968
- JOSEPH JAMES MOLLOYCorporal · January 21, 1969
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.