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ROBERT NELSON FUNK
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 4, 1945 – October 26, 1969
Service recordRobert Nelson Funk, of Penfield, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 120
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Penfield, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 120
- EDDIE B STORYMajor · October 25, 1969
- LORENZO CHAPA JRSergeant · October 26, 1969
- JAMES ABRAHAM DOANEPrivate First Class · October 26, 1969
- DONALD MYRON DYCEPrivate First Class · October 26, 1969
- JOHN KENNETH GOETTPrivate First Class · October 26, 1969
From Penfield
- THOMAS GEORGE KINGSecond Lieutenant · July 2, 1967
- REXFORD JOHN DEWISPELAEREChief Master Sergeant · November 24, 1969
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.