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ROBERT LOY HUMPHREY
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 21, 1948 – April 18, 1969
Service recordRobert Loy Humphrey, of Kosse, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 109
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Kosse, Texas (Limestone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 109
- JERRY DANIEL HUGHESSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- LLOYD WESLEY JONESSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- GARRY LEE KUBLERSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- DANIEL MICHAEL LEAHYSecond Lieutenant · April 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY DEAN BLEYTHINGSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 105
- GLEN DALE TOMEKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26W, Line 5
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.