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ROBERT WARREN ALVERSON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 17, 1949 – October 2, 1970
Service recordRobert Warren Alverson JR, of Vidor, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Vidor, Texas (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 105
- MARK ALLEN OLSONPrivate First Class · October 1, 1970
- RONALD KEVIN ALLGOODSpecialist Four · October 2, 1970
- WILLIAM I ALLSBROOK JRPrivate First Class · October 2, 1970
- MICHAEL DEAN BANTAPrivate First Class · October 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RONALD KEVIN ALLGOODSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 105
- JOHN LAURENCE NESOVANOVICWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 7W, Line 107
From Vidor
- EMMETT HARVEY HORNSergeant · December 23, 1964
- VANNY CHRIS MAHANAPrivate First Class · February 19, 1967
- DON WAYNE MINTONCorporal · May 4, 1967
- DONALD JEANE SWEATStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1968
- DARRELL LYNN TRUMBLELance Corporal · August 13, 1968
- LEE ALBERT KEITHCorporal · February 23, 1969
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.