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ROBERT VENARD SHRACK JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 1, 1948 – March 26, 1969
Service recordRobert Venard Shrack JR, of New Burlington, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 1, 1948
- Home of record
- New Burlington, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 53
- JAMES LLOYD STEWARTSpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
- DAVID STONESpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
- DOUGLAS EARL STOVERWarrant Officer 1 · March 26, 1969
- JAMES HAROLD WATSONSpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES HAROLD WATSONSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 53
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.