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ROBERT RICHARD HUSTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 27, 1946 – April 8, 1967
Service recordRobert Richard Huster, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 125
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- May 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 125
- FELIX F F LEYVA-PARRA-FRIASPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- HENRY JOSEPH MARKOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- DON LESLIE MICHAELSpecialist Four · April 8, 1967
- EDDIE JAMES MICKENSSpecialist Four · April 8, 1967
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
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.