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ROBERT PHILIP CATLING
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 29, 1946 – July 3, 1966
Service recordRobert Philip Catling, of Woodbury, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 123
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Woodbury, New Jersey (Gloucester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 123
- CURTIS BROCKINGTONPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- TOMMIE JOE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- JULIUS COLLINS JRPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- DONALD JAMES FAWCETTStaff Sergeant · July 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHRISTOPHER EUGENE BROOKSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 122
- CURTIS BROCKINGTONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 123
- TOMMIE JOE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 123
- DANIEL LEE FIELDSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 124
- EUREY LEE HATCHETTPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 124
- HAZE HOWARD IIISpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 124
- JOE EDWARD JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 124
- HERBERT LAPPStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 125
- WILLIAM EWING LEWISSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 125
- RAYMOND LEE MCGARVEYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 125
- ROBERT JOSEPH MORRISPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 125
- GILBERTO SOTO-GARCIAStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 125
- BERNARD GORDON WALINSKISergeant · Panel 8E, Line 126
- KENNETH LEE SCHAEFERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 127
- DAVID RONALD STONESergeant · Panel 8E, Line 127
- JASPER DEAN STURDIVANTSecond Lieutenant · Panel 8E, Line 127
- HAROLD B REEDSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 128
From Woodbury
- DONALD FRANCIS MCDOWELLPetty Officer Second Class · December 26, 1967
- FRED CONCETTO SPINALance Corporal · September 11, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM ELLIOTTSergeant · August 9, 1970
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.