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ROBERT VAN PACK
Captain · U.S. Army
March 8, 1944 – January 7, 1969
Service recordRobert Van Pack, of Duncan, Oklahoma, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 50
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Duncan, Oklahoma (Stephens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 35W, Line 50
- CRAIG SEIMON OLSONSpecialist Four · January 7, 1969
- DAVID FRANCIS PEAKSpecialist Four · January 7, 1969
- RICHARD JAMES QUINNPrivate First Class · January 7, 1969
- DANA LEE RAGERPrivate First Class · January 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLIE ANTHONY DAVISCorporal · Panel 35W, Line 46
- SHIRL BRAD NANCEStaff Sergeant · Panel 35W, Line 49
From Duncan
- JAMES ROBERT RUTLEDGEStaff Sergeant · February 20, 1966
- ROBERT EARL CRAYTHORNESpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- CECIL DELBERT BELT JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 18, 1968
- RALPH EDGAR MABRY JRSergeant · January 30, 1968
- DENNIS RAY FORNEYSergeant · June 20, 1969
- PATRICK DALE ROBIRDSPrivate First Class · June 25, 1969
- JIMMY DON WESTSergeant First Class · July 4, 1969
- ROBERT DEAN FROSTSpecialist Four · February 22, 1970
- GERALD WINSTON BYRNS JRStaff Sergeant · April 27, 1970
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.