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ROBERT LEE SHRINER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 9, 1950 – November 20, 1970
Service recordRobert Lee Shriner, of Hawaiian Gardens, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1970, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 74
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Hawaiian Gardens, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 74
- JAMES JOHNSON JRSergeant · November 20, 1970
- MARION EUGENE MEEStaff Sergeant · November 20, 1970
- TERRENCE PATRICK OBOYLEFirst Lieutenant · November 20, 1970
- RAY EUGENE TANNERCorporal · November 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FRANKLIN RANDOLPH AKANASpecialist Five · Panel 6W, Line 72
From Hawaiian Gardens
- WILLIAM BRUCE OFFERDAHLSpecialist Four · January 10, 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.