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ROBERT MIRANDA
Private · U.S. Army
July 28, 1951 – August 2, 1971
Service recordRobert Miranda, of Plainville, Massachusetts, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1971, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 121
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 28, 1951
- Home of record
- Plainville, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1971; he was the only one lost in Vinh Binh Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 121
- JOHN LEONARD ROBERTSSergeant · August 1, 1971
- WALTER ROBERT CAPPSSergeant · August 2, 1971
- JOHNNY WAYNE FREESpecialist Five · August 2, 1971
- THOMAS EVANS REIMILLERSpecialist Four · August 2, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNY WAYNE FREESpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 121
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.