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ROBERT LEONARD DUTRA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 1, 1947 – June 29, 1968
Service recordRobert Leonard Dutra, of San Diego, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 15
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 1, 1947
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 15
- ROY GEREAD DORSETTSergeant · June 29, 1968
- KENNETH LEE DREWPrivate First Class · June 29, 1968
- RONALD EARL EBERLECorporal · June 29, 1968
- PETER FEDASCHSergeant · June 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD GEORGE RAINFORDSergeant · Panel 54W, Line 19
- JAMES GRAY ROWE JRSergeant · Panel 54W, Line 19
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.