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ROBERT WARD WORTHINGTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 9, 1947 – May 5, 1970
Service recordRobert Ward Worthington, of Trenton, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 108
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Trenton, New Jersey (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 108
- WILLIAM GARY YOUNGPrivate First Class · May 5, 1970
- MICHAEL LOUIS ANTLESergeant · May 6, 1970
- ROGER BRUCE BAXTERWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1970
- GEORGE WILLY BENNETT JRCorporal · May 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN RAYMOND FEESERPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 101
- ROGER EMIL HOLLERPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 102
- JAMES MASON KELLERPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 102
- JACK DAVID LEOPARDSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 102
- BOYD WAYNE SMITHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11W, Line 106
From Trenton
- LEON JOSEPH KRAMERCaptain · January 31, 1963
- CARL ROBERT STEFFENPrivate First Class · December 25, 1965
- DENNIS JAMES BROPHYPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD THOMPSONSergeant · February 13, 1966
- SHERMAN CHAPMAN JRSergeant First Class · June 23, 1966
- CLIFFORD RUSSELL STOUTPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JOHN DONALD OSSMENPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- WILLIE DOWLING JRSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- ERWIN JOHN HAARWALDTPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- JOHN STEPHEN SZYMANSKIStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1967
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.