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ROBERT MERRILL WARNOCK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 12, 1950 – February 3, 1970
Service recordRobert Merrill Warnock, of El Cajon, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 99
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- March 12, 1950
- Home of record
- El Cajon, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1970; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 99
- VINCENT ROBERT THORNBURGGunnery Sergeant · February 3, 1970
- CHARLES HENRY WRIGHTPrivate First Class · February 3, 1970
- JOHN MOORE BURNLEYSergeant · February 4, 1970
- DUANE CLIFFORD LARSONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1970
From El Cajon
- WILLIAM EDWARD NEVILLETechnical Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- DAVID LEON BAUMGARDNERSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MICHAEL RAYMOND KIEHLPrivate First Class · May 19, 1966
- JACK M HARRISSergeant First Class · April 14, 1967
- DAVID ALAN HICKMANPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- GLENN EUGENE LUHNOWPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- AQUILLA FRIEND BRITTMajor · October 25, 1967
- WILLIAM TAYLOR HARTMANSpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- WALTER KIRT CLARKEPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- RICHARD AUGUSTINE DELEIDICaptain · February 7, 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.