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ROBERT LELAND SLOAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 31, 1948 – March 4, 1969
Service recordRobert Leland Sloan, of North Hollywood, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 40
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 31, 1948
- Home of record
- North Hollywood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1969; seven of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 40
- CHARLES LESLIE SMITHPrivate First Class · March 4, 1969
- RYUZO SOMMAStaff Sergeant · March 4, 1969
- JOHN ANTHONY SORRENTIPetty Officer Third Class · March 4, 1969
- DAVID JAMES WARCZAKSergeant First Class · March 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LEE DIEMLERSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 36
- JOSEPH ALAN GOODSONSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 36
- LARRY MURDOCKSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 38
- CHARLES REUBEN OUTLAW JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 38
- CLYDE EDWARD RAINSSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 38
- RYUZO SOMMAStaff Sergeant · Panel 30W, Line 40
From North Hollywood
- WILLIAM ALBERT REIDSpecialist Five · February 16, 1964
- JAMES IRVING PRATTPetty Officer First Class · February 25, 1965
- ROBIN ARTHUR RARIGPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- LLOYD TAYLOR RUGGEFirst Lieutenant · January 26, 1967
- EDWARD ROWAN REID JRPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- MICHAEL BRYAN GRIMESLance Corporal · March 22, 1967
- BRENT EUGENE MATHISStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- EDWARD MICHAEL CORNELLPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- JAMES PAUL ARRAIZSergeant · July 29, 1967
- HUGH W CROSSStaff Sergeant · July 29, 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.