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ROBERT RERA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 26, 1948 – March 10, 1968
Service recordRobert Rera, of Washingtonville, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Washingtonville, New York (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 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
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 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 44E, Line 11
- SCOTT CAMERON ROGERSPrivate First Class · March 10, 1968
- JESSE ELLISON SCAVELLA JRSergeant · March 10, 1968
- STANLEY BRUCE SMITHWarrant Officer 1 · March 10, 1968
- FRANCIS XAVIER TURBERTSergeant · March 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD CRAIG BROWNSpecialist Five · Panel 44E, Line 4
- SYLVESTER E CONLEY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 5
- MARSHALL DAYLE NELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 10
- JESSE ELLISON SCAVELLA JRSergeant · Panel 44E, Line 11
- STEPHEN MICHAEL WORLEYCorporal · Panel 44E, Line 13
From Washingtonville
- JAMES WILLIAM SMITH JRLance Corporal · February 10, 1969
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.