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ROBERT PAUL HAIN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 1, 1945 – January 10, 1968
Service recordRobert Paul Hain, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 19
- GARLAND ALEX GRIFFIN JRPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
- CHARLES LEON HANSELMANCorporal · January 10, 1968
- WILLIAM RAYMOND HARTWELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 10, 1968
- GARY ORVILLE HEDINSpecialist Four · January 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL L BERRYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 34E, Line 14
- JERRY WAYNE KIZZIAHSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 21
- DOUGLAS JAMES LEMAIREWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 34E, Line 22
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.