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ROBERT LYNN SHOOK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 28, 1948 – August 2, 1969
Service recordRobert Lynn Shook, of Clarksville, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 89
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Clarksville, Georgia (Habersham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1969; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 89
- THOMAS KEVIN RYANSpecialist Four · August 2, 1969
- JAMES SHELTON STACEYSpecialist Four · August 2, 1969
- GEORGE FRANCIS TALKENLieutenant Commander · August 2, 1969
- RICHARD COLON WATSONPrivate First Class · August 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID EDWARD FITZGERALDSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 86
- GARRY DWIGHT BARBEECorporal · Panel 20W, Line 88
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.