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ROBERT THOMAS RUSSELL II
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 21, 1949 – December 14, 1969
Service recordRobert Thomas Russell II, of Irving, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 14, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 57
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
- Light Air Defense Artillery Crewmember (16F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- June 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Irving, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 57
- WESLEY ROBERT THOMPSONPrivate First Class · December 14, 1969
- CARL EUGENE WHEELERSpecialist Four · December 14, 1969
- WILLIAM STEPHEN BARRITTSpecialist Four · December 15, 1969
- DONNIE JAY BRAGGSergeant · December 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS PATRICK POELSTRASpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 56
From Irving
- WILLIAM MICHAEL CAINPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- THOMAS GLENN MODISETTESergeant · May 21, 1967
- CHARLES ALONZO PARADISEMaster Sergeant · September 4, 1967
- VARDE WESTON SMITH IIICorporal · September 4, 1967
- ARLON DANIEL WALL JRAirman First Class · September 9, 1967
- CLARENCE LOUIS HARLOWPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- ROBERT OLEN BUCKNER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- CARL WAYNE DORRIESPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- HERMAN A MILLER IIPetty Officer Third Class · August 11, 1968
- MICHAEL PETER AARONPrivate · August 14, 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.