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ROBERT WAYNE ELSWICK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 6, 1947 – March 16, 1968
Service recordRobert Wayne Elswick, of Newark, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Newark, Ohio (Licking County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 67
- EDWARD JOHN CROSSSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- MARK LANE DICKSONSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- MARK ROBERT DZIEDZICPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- ALBERT ALOIS ENGELHARDTCaptain · March 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES BRIAN LAWRENCE MAKINSpecialist Four · Panel 45E, Line 3
From Newark
- PHILIP MARION SENSCorporal · October 30, 1965
- WALTER B OLIVERSergeant · November 4, 1965
- GRANT A RHODESSergeant · January 4, 1966
- WILLARD DAVID KEERANSergeant · May 24, 1966
- GERALD VERNON EPPLEYPrivate First Class · August 6, 1966
- JACKIE RAY BROWNPrivate First Class · September 29, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN EDRISCommander · November 1, 1966
- GARY WAYNE RITCHEYPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- PAUL RICHARD MYERSSpecialist Four · June 13, 1967
- DANIEL LEE KINNARDSpecialist Four · March 9, 1968
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.