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ROBERT LEO YORK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 23, 1947 – February 7, 1968
Service recordRobert Leo York, of Maple Shade, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Maple Shade, New Jersey (Burlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
136 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1968; three of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Kien Hoa Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 19
- ALGER LAWRENCE WHITE JRSpecialist Five · February 7, 1968
- ROY EDWARD WORTHWarrant Officer 1 · February 7, 1968
- EVERETT ALBERT WYATT JRSergeant First Class · February 7, 1968
- RICHARD FRED CAVANAUGHSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KIRK EDWARD HOULEPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 1
- STEVE NATHANIEL LAMBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 4
- WILLIAM HENRY SMITH JRSpecialist Five · Panel 38E, Line 14
- ALBERT DEWELL WHITECorporal · Panel 38E, Line 18
From Maple Shade
- WILLIAM ROBERT CRITCHFIELDSpecialist Four · December 27, 1967
- WILLIAM CURTIS MOORHOUSESpecialist Four · March 12, 1970
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.