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ROBERT LOUIS TRACY
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
January 1, 1947 – January 18, 1968
Service recordRobert Louis Tracy, of Greenville, Delaware, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 18, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 72
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- January 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Greenville, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 72
- CASIMIRO VILLONSpecialist Four · January 18, 1968
- THOMAS LEROY WHITEHEADSpecialist Four · January 18, 1968
- DONALD DAVID WIELKOPOLANSpecialist Four · January 18, 1968
- RUSSELL LEE WILCOXCorporal · January 18, 1968
From Greenville
- ROBERT ERNEST JOHNSONSergeant · July 21, 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.