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ROBERT REED CRISWELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 24, 1947 – March 5, 1968
Service recordRobert Reed Criswell, of San Francisco, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 24, 1947
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1968; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 4
- JAMES MICHEAL BROWNPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
- GARY RAY BURNETTSergeant · March 5, 1968
- ALBERT EUGENE COLLINSSergeant · March 5, 1968
- SALVADOR BORREGO GARCIALance Corporal · March 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LOUIS BIDARTSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 3
- GARY RAY BURNETTSergeant · Panel 43E, Line 4
- ALBERT EUGENE COLLINSSergeant · Panel 43E, Line 4
- JUAN JOSEPH DEMARACorporal · Panel 43E, Line 5
- JAZREAL LEVITE HAYWOODPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 43E, Line 6
- MICHAEL WALTER LANGERCorporal · Panel 43E, Line 8
- FREDRICK ELLIS LARSENSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 8
- ROBERT DAVID MCMILLIANSergeant · Panel 43E, Line 9
- THOMAS WILLIAM PRYORSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 10
- CHARLES SANDERSSergeant · Panel 43E, Line 10
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.