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ROBERT NIELSEN TAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 18, 1945 – May 10, 1966
Service recordRobert Nielsen Tams, of Wilmington, Delaware, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Wilmington, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 46
- WILLIE JEROME PEPPERS JRSergeant · May 10, 1966
- GUY RICHARD REEDPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- LEROY WALTER WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- DAVID COLLIER WILLS JRSpecialist Four · May 10, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOEL MELNICKPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 44
- DAVID COLLIER WILLS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 46
From Wilmington
- WILBERT RUDOLPH BUTLERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- FREDERICK E SMITHPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- EDMUND LAWRENCE SUDLERSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- JAMES VOELKEL DONNELLYSpecialist Four · March 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD PORTERSergeant · April 8, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL BOWMANPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH CONNELLLieutenant Commander · July 15, 1966
- WOLFRAM WALTHER BISCHOFSergeant First Class · February 13, 1967
- LOUIS ANTHONY LEATHERBURYPrivate · March 24, 1967
- ELMORE BRITTINGHAM JRStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1967
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.