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ROBERT STEPHEN WALSH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 12, 1945 – November 7, 1967
Service recordRobert Stephen Walsh, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Cambridge, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 46
- MELVIN ONEAL WELBORNAirman First Class · November 7, 1967
- JOHN E YOUNGSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT ADAMSSergeant First Class · November 8, 1967
- JAMES WARREN ALLEN JRCorporal · November 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GAIL WARD THOMSENPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 45
From Cambridge
- RICHARD A ROSBECKCaptain · October 3, 1966
- TIMOTHY JOSEPH LYNAHSpecialist Four · March 5, 1967
- ROGER MICHAEL HURDLance Corporal · May 21, 1967
- EDWARD STEPHEN DUFFETTLance Corporal · September 18, 1967
- PAUL WILLIAM RUMRILLCorporal · January 10, 1968
- FRANK PAUL JENCZYK JRPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- PAUL RAYMOND THERIAULTCorporal · May 24, 1968
- GERARD FRANCIS BERGINPrivate · August 27, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES QUINNPrivate First Class · January 7, 1969
- RICHARD ARTHUR LAMEIRASSergeant · March 9, 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.