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ROBERT PRESTON ENGLISH
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 15, 1945 – December 8, 1968
Service recordRobert Preston English, of Malvern, Arkansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Malvern, Arkansas (Hot Spring County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 63
- DOUGLAS DALE ESTESSpecialist Four · December 8, 1968
- PAUL QUAMMEN ETTERPrivate First Class · December 8, 1968
- FIAPAI FANUA JRPrivate · December 8, 1968
- EDDIE DALE FOSTERPrivate First Class · December 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD KIRBY CHEEKSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 62
- DOUGLAS DALE ESTESSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 63
From Malvern
- JERRY WILSON HARMONSpecialist Four · June 3, 1966
- CLIFFORD N MIZEStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1967
- STEPHEN FREDERICK PETERSFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1967
- CHARLES CLIFTON MANN JRSergeant · November 5, 1968
- JERRY DUNLAPSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- DANIEL MACOM HEDGESPrivate First Class · September 13, 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.