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ROBERT W DIEFFENBACH JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 29, 1947 – October 18, 1968
Service recordRobert W Dieffenbach JR, of Newark, Delaware, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 18, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 72
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 54 MED DET USARV
- Born
- November 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Newark, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “54 MED DET USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 72
- LARRY DARRALL BENNETTSergeant · October 18, 1968
- RICHARD OLIVER BICKFORDFirst Lieutenant · October 18, 1968
- TIMOTHY COLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · October 18, 1968
- RONALD MARVIN DELPSpecialist Four · October 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY COLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 41W, Line 72
- VICTOR REYES HERNANDEZSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 73
From Newark
- DOUGLAS DWIGHT ALLEYPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ARTHUR CYRUS MORRIS JRSergeant · April 3, 1966
- LAWRENCE LEE LASALLECorporal · March 17, 1967
- JON JAMES HAYDENConstructionman · August 16, 1967
- FRANCIS BRADFORD AMOROSOCorporal · September 3, 1967
- ALAN GWINN GEISSINGERPrivate First Class · July 11, 1969
- EARL RAY WEBB JRSpecialist Four · June 3, 1970
- RICHARD ALAN BOWMANCorporal · June 9, 1970
- MICHAEL RAYMOND DADISMANSpecialist Four · June 24, 1970
- CHARLES RICHARD ANDERSONFirst Lieutenant · March 3, 1971
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.