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ROBERT LEON BELTRAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 12, 1943 – December 12, 1968
Service recordRobert Leon Beltran, of Fremont, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 12, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 10
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 12, 1943
- Home of record
- Fremont, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1968; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 10
- DAN MICHAEL BENNETTPetty Officer Third Class · December 12, 1968
- JAMES KENNETH BRIERLYFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1968
- GALE WALTER CROONFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1968
- FREDERICK GEORGE DEROCHERCorporal · December 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALLEN MERRETTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36W, Line 12
- RONALD STEVENS STEPSIESpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 12
From Fremont
- JESSE ROMERO CASTROPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- CHESTER KEITH NUESSECorporal · March 11, 1967
- STEVE LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- EDWARD ORAN CLAEYSPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- ROBERT BRUCE DEMELLOSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT DUNCANPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- THOMAS GERARD BRADYSergeant · November 21, 1967
- JOHN WALLACE JONESLance Corporal · December 6, 1967
- GARY LEE MERIDITHHospitalman · January 2, 1968
- DANIEL ESCOBEDOLance Corporal · January 27, 1968
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.