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ROBERT M PRESS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 7, 1945 – October 31, 1968
Service recordRobert M Press JR, of Skokie, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Skokie, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- 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 October 31, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 67
- WARREN HENRY RAINESPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- BILL EDWARD RAMSEY JRStaff Sergeant · October 31, 1968
- ANGEL A RIVERA-VELAZQUEZPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- RONALD LEE SCHUYLERPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
From Skokie
- ROBERT ALAN PEACHPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
- ANDREW HARRY SHIMPSpecialist Five · June 9, 1967
- SHELDON BORIS SCHULMANFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLEN MACHACEKLance Corporal · December 10, 1967
- PAUL ALAN STENDERPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- GERALD F PELZMANNFirst Lieutenant · February 5, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD GIRSCHSergeant · April 5, 1968
- TERENCE FRANCIS COURTNEYCaptain · May 2, 1972
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.