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ROBERT WALKER HUBBARD
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
November 26, 1940 – February 4, 1968
Service recordRobert Walker Hubbard, of Auburn, Alabama, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 4, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 23
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- November 26, 1940
- Home of record
- Auburn, Alabama (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1968; 28 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 23
- ROBERT E HOPKINSSergeant · February 4, 1968
- ERNEST LINWOOD JACOBS JRCorporal · February 4, 1968
- GEORGE PERCY KENDALL JRGunnery Sergeant · February 4, 1968
- YAZZIE B TEN HUSKIESpecialist Four · February 4, 1968
From Auburn
- DONALD CARTHEL ESTESChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 24, 1966
- GEORGE THOMAS SARGENT JRLieutenant Colonel · March 21, 1969
- JAMES ETHERIDGE GREENE JRLieutenant · May 11, 1969
- JAMES CALVIN WILLIAMSONFirst Lieutenant · March 17, 1972
- JOHNNY MACK JONESFirst Lieutenant · April 24, 1972
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.