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ROBERT MURRAY LAIRD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 12, 1938 – February 13, 1972
Service recordRobert Murray Laird, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1972, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 106
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 12, 1938
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1972
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1972. In February 1972, 46 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 106
- JAMES WESLEY KIEHNESergeant · February 13, 1972
- LUTHER MCKIND LASATER IIICaptain · February 13, 1972
- JESSE WILLARD MONTAGUE JRStaff Sergeant · February 13, 1972
- CHRISTOPHER RICHARD SEITZSpecialist Five · February 13, 1972
Same unit, same day
- JESSE WILLARD MONTAGUE JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 2W, Line 106
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.