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ROBERT SAMUEL ALEXANDER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 8, 1950 – April 3, 1970
Service recordRobert Samuel Alexander, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 86
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Grader Operator (62K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 31 ENG BN 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- January 8, 1950
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 86
- ROBERT JOSEPH WROBELStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1970
- DENNIS LEE YOUNGPrivate First Class · April 2, 1970
- EDWARD JEFFREY BAKERPetty Officer Third Class · April 3, 1970
- DWIGHT HERBERT BALLCorporal · April 3, 1970
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.