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ROBERT MITCHELL WATERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 27, 1944 – September 25, 1966
Service recordRobert Mitchell Waters, of Phoenix, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Maryland (Baltimore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 18
- PAUL DOUGLAS TICELance Corporal · September 24, 1966
- JAMES D STALLINGSCaptain · September 25, 1966
- JEFFREY PAUL VAUGHNCorporal · September 25, 1966
- LARRY WILLIAM WHITCOMESpecialist Four · September 25, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GARY ADRIAN BARNARDPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 12
- GARY RUSSELL DOPPPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 13
- ROY DONALD HUTTINGSergeant · Panel 11E, Line 15
- ERNEST RAYMOND MARTIEStaff Sergeant · Panel 11E, Line 15
- JAMES EDWARD MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 16
- TERRY LYNN PUNDSACKSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 17
- WALTER WILLIAMS JRSergeant · Panel 11E, Line 19
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.