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ROBERT LYNN OLIVER
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 23, 1950 – January 3, 1971
Service recordRobert Lynn Oliver, of Cleveland, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1971, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 23
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 23, 1950
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Texas (Liberty County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quang Duc Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 23
- DENNIS WILLIAM OMELIAChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 3, 1971
- CARL ANTHONY PALENSpecialist Six · January 3, 1971
- MICHAEL DUANE PARSONSCaptain · January 3, 1971
- KENNETH POWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 3, 1971
Same unit, same day
- BRUCE M KELLERSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 22
From Cleveland
- MELVIN GREENSpecialist Five · August 12, 1969
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.