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ROBERT LEE PINKARD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 24, 1947 – September 3, 1968
Service recordRobert Lee Pinkard, of Mineola, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 3, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 33
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Mineola, Texas (Wood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 33
- THOMAS DUFAUX KESTERSergeant · September 3, 1968
- GARY ROBERT KORSMYERSpecialist Four · September 3, 1968
- STEWART ARTHUR MELNICKFirst Lieutenant · September 3, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE NEALSpecialist Four · September 3, 1968
From Mineola
- DOUGLAS DUPREESergeant · December 8, 1968
- LINCOLN ROY WRIGHTPrivate · May 4, 1972
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.