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ROBERT NORRIS CHINQUINA
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 18, 1947 – July 28, 1970
Service recordRobert Norris Chinquina, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- February 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1970; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 61
- GEORGE FREDRICK BEELERSpecialist Four · July 28, 1970
- LAURENCE GORDON BROWNSergeant · July 28, 1970
- WILLIAM BERT CLEVERLEYPrivate First Class · July 28, 1970
- STEVEN SEBASTIAN CROSIERSpecialist Four · July 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE FREDRICK BEELERSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 61
- DICKIE CARSON CURRYPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 63
- TIMOTHY ALLEN WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 64
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.