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ROBERT MATRANGA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 2, 1947 – July 22, 1967
Service recordRobert Matranga, of Boston, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 27 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- October 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Boston, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 107
- THOMAS PAUL BRADYPrivate First Class · July 22, 1967
- WILLIAM B BROWNSergeant · July 22, 1967
- WILLIAM BOYD GRAVESCaptain · July 22, 1967
- CHARLES RAYMOND LEONARDSpecialist Four · July 22, 1967
From Boston
- ORIEN JUDSON WALKER JRMajor · May 23, 1965
- SEYMOUR PATRICK SADBERRYPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- STEPHEN JOSEPH STERITIPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- BRUCE ELLSWORTH JASONStaff Sergeant · September 13, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOYCE JRFirst Lieutenant · November 16, 1966
- JOHN H JOYCEMajor · December 21, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH CONNERSPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS MURRAYCorporal · April 26, 1967
- LEO JOSEPH SULLIVAN JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- BOBBY LEE FINNEYSpecialist Four · June 22, 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.