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ROBERT LOUIS FIELDS III
Airman Second Class · U.S. Air Force
February 1, 1944 – January 27, 1966
Service recordRobert Louis Fields III, of Galesburg, Illinois, served as an Airman Second Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 27, 1966, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 99
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman Second Class (A2C)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- February 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Galesburg, Illinois (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1966; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 99
- CAREY EDWIN BESTSergeant · January 27, 1966
- BONNIE PATALINGHUNG CASASStaff Sergeant · January 27, 1966
- GARY PAUL GAYAirman First Class · January 27, 1966
- JIMMY ROGER HARSANYIPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
From Galesburg
- RONALD LEE EUNICEHospitalman · July 18, 1966
- LARRY WAYNE JANSENSpecialist Four · September 12, 1968
- GARY WAYNE ERICSONSergeant · January 5, 1970
- TERRY ELMER GUENTHERCorporal · March 12, 1970
- JAMES WATSON WOODCaptain · August 17, 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.