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ROBERT VERNON DURBIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 20, 1948 – August 5, 1967
Service recordRobert Vernon Durbin, of Wellsburg, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Wellsburg, West Virginia (Brooke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 80
- FORREST EARL CAINPetty Officer Third Class · August 5, 1967
- JAMES HAROLD CALLISStaff Sergeant · August 5, 1967
- LARRY TOM CHANDLERSergeant · August 5, 1967
- MICHAEL LEE ENDICOTTPrivate First Class · August 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES HAROLD CALLISStaff Sergeant · Panel 24E, Line 80
From Wellsburg
- ROBERT LEROY LAZEARFirst Lieutenant · April 15, 1967
- JOE ALBERT FUNK IISpecialist Four · May 25, 1967
- HAROLD CARL DAWSON JRSpecialist Four · May 19, 1969
- ROBERT BOYD MOSSGROVESpecialist Four · February 25, 1970
- HARRY ELMER LAUCKSpecialist Four · July 14, 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.