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ROBERT LEE PERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 29, 1948 – September 14, 1969
Service recordRobert Lee Person, of Richmond, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 84
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Richmond, Indiana (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 84
- GARY RICHARD MASONWarrant Officer 1 · September 14, 1969
- JOSEPH VERNON MATHIASStaff Sergeant · September 14, 1969
- CHARLES WILLIAM MCLEODPrivate First Class · September 14, 1969
- PAUL WILLIAM MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · September 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN CARL HENDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 82
From Richmond
- CURTIS LAMARR FOSTERPrivate First Class · June 6, 1965
- JON DAVID VANNATTALance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- KARL EDWIN KLUTECaptain · March 14, 1966
- JESSE FLOYD WAGESSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- BURNIE HARRISStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- TERRY LEE WILESPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- THOMAS PAUL DEITEMEYERSpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN DOWNINGSergeant · March 11, 1967
- THOMAS CLAYTON BENGESergeant First Class · June 25, 1967
- TERRI LEIGH HINESPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
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.