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ROBERT NEAL MIDDLEBROOKS
Captain · U.S. Air Force
November 30, 1927 – January 13, 1966
Service recordRobert Neal Middlebrooks, of Ariton, Alabama, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 13, 1966, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 30, 1927
- Home of record
- Ariton, Alabama (Dale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1966
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1966; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 71
- JOHN WESLEY LEWIS JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1966
- J V PATRICKPrivate First Class · January 13, 1966
- FLOYD WILLIAM POHLPrivate First Class · January 13, 1966
- HERMAN HIRAM RITCHIECaptain · January 13, 1966
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.