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ROBERT PAUL TITCOMB
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 28, 1948 – September 9, 1969
Service recordRobert Paul Titcomb, of Farmington, New Hampshire, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 9, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Farmington, New Hampshire (Strafford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- 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 September 9, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 63
- LEWIS DEWAYNE ROSSSpecialist Four · September 9, 1969
- GREGORY EDWARD SCOTTSpecialist Four · September 9, 1969
- ODELL BERNARD PATE ACKERPrivate First Class · September 10, 1969
- RALPH M BOGGESS IIICorporal · September 10, 1969
From Farmington
- THOMAS ALAN WILLARDSergeant · June 18, 1969
- JOHN WINSLOW LAWRENCE JRMajor · September 16, 1971
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.