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ROBERT MICHAEL CARTWRIGHT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 4, 1946 – March 21, 1967
Service recordRobert Michael Cartwright, of Randolph, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 130
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Randolph, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
95 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1967; 16 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 130
- MATTHEW DAVID ATKINS IIIPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- ROBERT ALLAN BRIEDSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- WILLIAM ARTHUR BROWNPrivate · March 21, 1967
- JOSEPH CHAMPIONSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALLAN BRIEDSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 130
- WALTER GENE MERVIN ELLISSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 2
- JAN JOSEPH GRABOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 3
- JACK DENNIS HANGERSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 4
- ROBERT LEE HENDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 4
- DANIEL JENNINGS HOLCOMBSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 5
- JOE RITCHARD JORDANSergeant · Panel 17E, Line 6
- PETER SWINNERTON LARSONCaptain · Panel 17E, Line 6
- HENRY C LEEStaff Sergeant · Panel 17E, Line 7
- PHILIP AARON MCNINCHPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 10
- ROBERT EGMEDIO OCAMPOPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 11
- ROBERT MERRITT PINNELL JRSergeant · Panel 17E, Line 12
- STEPHEN DONALD PLEASANTPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 12
- RAY ANTHONY RHODESSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 12
- FREDERICK WILLIAM SEPUTSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 13
From Randolph
- EDWARD JOHN SCAHILLPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- PHILIP T DELORENZO JRPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- AMBROSE P TANASSO JRPrivate First Class · December 24, 1968
- ROBERT PAUL MARSDENCorporal · January 20, 1971
- WILLIAM JAMES FLOOD JRSpecialist Four · March 11, 1971
- JAMES EDWARD TIGHESpecialist Four · May 21, 1971
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.