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ROBERT PETER QUERY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 15, 1948 – November 10, 1969
Service recordRobert Peter Query, of Santa Ana, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 10, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 54
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Santa Ana, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 54
- EARL THOMAS PEARSON JRPrivate First Class · November 10, 1969
- ROBERT JAMES SALISBURYSergeant First Class · November 10, 1969
- LESLIE FRED SHENKSpecialist Four · November 10, 1969
- DANIEL JEFFREY SMITHSpecialist Four · November 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR JOHN CASTILLOCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 52
- LESLIE FRED SHENKSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 54
- RAUL JOHN VARGASPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 55
From Santa Ana
- WILLIAM FORBES EISENBRAUNCaptain · July 5, 1965
- RUSSELL LAVERNE BISHOPSergeant · March 21, 1966
- CLYDE D MCDONALD IIPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- DONALD LEROY HEASTONPlatoon Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE STOKESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- DOMINGO ESCALANTE JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- GARY KENNETH SMITHSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- ROBERT ANTHONY CHAPPSergeant · April 14, 1967
- RALPH JEAN TURCOTTELance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- RODGER LEE FORTUNESpecialist Four · May 26, 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.