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ROBERT THOMAS ORR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 11, 1948 – March 13, 1969
Service recordRobert Thomas Orr, of Canastota, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 31
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Canastota, New York (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 31
- ALVIN LEROY LOWERYCorporal · March 13, 1969
- CRAIG STEVEN METTLINGSpecialist Four · March 13, 1969
- THOMAS CARROLL D MOFFITTPrivate First Class · March 13, 1969
- TIMOTHY COLE PROUDFOOTSpecialist Four · March 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH MICHAEL BUCHANANSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 27
From Canastota
- TERRY ERNEST ALLENSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
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.