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ROBERT OWEN CANTRELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 28, 1946 – February 11, 1966
Service recordRobert Owen Cantrell, of Panama City, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Panama City, Florida (Bay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 24
- CHESTER LEWIS GABLEMajor · February 10, 1966
- KERMIT HAROLD YOHOSpecialist Four · February 10, 1966
- GEORGE KEVIN BEERESSpecialist Four · February 11, 1966
- SEBASTIAN PIADOCHE CANLASPlatoon Sergeant · February 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- SAFFORD SMITH PYESergeant · Panel 5E, Line 25
From Panama City
- ANDREW HERMAN HODGEStaff Sergeant · November 1, 1966
- LYNWOOD AUSTIN TIPTONPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- KENNETH ARTHUR CULLENSecond Lieutenant · April 9, 1967
- DAVID ALFRED LANDLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- ARDENIA FREEMANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- SHIRLEY WILDY JRLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- LEROY DIGSBYCorporal · June 10, 1968
- WALTER ROY MCKEEPrivate First Class · August 31, 1968
- RAYMOND LEE JANSENIUSSpecialist Five · October 30, 1968
- JERRY NIXON SCOTTStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1968
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.