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ROBERT MINOR MCVEA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 13, 1948 – September 19, 1968
Service recordRobert Minor McVea, of Converse, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1968, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 40
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Converse, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1968; he was the only one lost in Ba Xugen Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 40
- PETER DAVID MATARAZZOPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
- TERRENCE MORANPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
- PETER JOSEPH OTOOLECorporal · September 19, 1968
- PEDRO S RODRIQUEZ JRLance Corporal · September 19, 1968
From Converse
- CRECENCIO CASAREZ GARCIASergeant · April 24, 1968
- MARCUS WAYNE MADDOXCorporal · June 16, 1970
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.