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ROBERT LEE SEARGENT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 22, 1948 – June 16, 1970
Service recordRobert Lee Seargent, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 58
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- August 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 58
- MARCUS WAYNE MADDOXCorporal · June 16, 1970
- JAMES ROLAND MCCRONECaptain · June 16, 1970
- ROBERT WILFRED MCDONALDSpecialist Four · June 16, 1970
- BOBBY WAYNE POWELLSpecialist Four · June 16, 1970
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.