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ROBERT STEPHAN STRAUSS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 27, 1948 – August 20, 1968
Service recordRobert Stephan Strauss, of Portsmouth, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Portsmouth, Virginia (Portsmouth (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 13
- FREDERICK HOWARD TAPPANSpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
- EUGENE SANFORD TINNINWarrant Officer 1 · August 20, 1968
- PEDRO ANGEL VERAPrivate First Class · August 20, 1968
- CLIFFORD C WALKERSpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
From Portsmouth
- NORMAN ELLIOTT JRSpecialist Four · February 20, 1965
- RICHARD DALE BRODAPrivate First Class · November 20, 1965
- JESSE THOMAS BAILEY JRSergeant · February 2, 1966
- THOMAS HENRY RHODESPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- DONALD CHANDLER PIPERPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- MILTON LEE VAUGHANPrivate First Class · August 27, 1966
- WALTER WILLIAMS JRSergeant · September 25, 1966
- MELVIN LEON SHERRELLSpecialist Four · December 13, 1966
- FRANK EARLE HARDYLance Corporal · May 29, 1967
- FRED ALLAN KELLEYSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
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.