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ROBERT LEVETT GENTRY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 18, 1947 – July 18, 1967
Service recordRobert Levett Gentry, of Greenville, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 85
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Greenville, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1967; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 85
- DAVID ROGER CHATTERTONPetty Officer Second Class · July 18, 1967
- TYRONE DARRETTPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- DON EDDIE DAVISPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN GIOVANACCISpecialist Four · July 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WALTER BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 84
- RICHARD ALLEN GIOVANACCISpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 85
- ROGER WILLIAM GREETANPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 86
- JEROME JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 86
- DAN CLIFTON STARNS JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23E, Line 89
From Greenville
- THOMAS EDWARD MCMAHAN JRCaptain · September 28, 1965
- GARY RAY BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WALTER REAVES TATE JRSpecialist Four · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY HAWKINSStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL RALPH MOSERPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- CHARLIE LYLES JRSergeant · November 17, 1966
- KENNETH RHODESSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS MACARTHUR MCCRARYFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1967
- DANA CORNELL DARNELLLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- JIMMY WILLIAM HALLLance Corporal · June 7, 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.