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ROBERT VALENTI VINSCOTSKI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 25, 1947 – January 4, 1968
Service recordRobert Valenti Vinscotski, of Putnam Valley, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1968, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 43
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Putnam Valley, New York (Putnam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1968; he was the only one lost in Lam Dong Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 43
- THEODORE TAYLOR JRSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- JOHN GEOFFREY TURKLance Corporal · January 4, 1968
- PAUL HERMAN VILLAROSASergeant First Class · January 4, 1968
- RONALD R WATSONSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MEREDITH ALTON GABRIELSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 36
- OSCAR HARDISONPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 37
- WAYNE H KELMANCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 38
- RICHARD LYTLE LONGStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 38
- THOMAS MCCRAYCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 39
- JAMES WILLIE ROY IIISpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 41
- DAVID LOWELL SIMONStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 41
- EUGENE FREDERICK SWEET JRPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 42
- GEORGE MERRITT WISHAM JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 33E, Line 44
From Putnam Valley
- ROBERT C GILLENSpecialist Four · January 6, 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.