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ROBERT WAYNE FIELDS
Captain · U.S. Air Force
September 28, 1940 – March 26, 1969
Service recordRobert Wayne Fields, of De Land, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 26, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 45
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- September 28, 1940
- Home of record
- De Land, Florida (Volusia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 45
- JERRY DISHMANPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
- WILLIAM CHARLES FENTON JRSpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
- DONALD STEVEN FORESTCorporal · March 26, 1969
- JAMES RAYMOND GENTILEStaff Sergeant · March 26, 1969
From De Land
- CEASAR BRYANTSergeant · December 17, 1966
- MALCOLM GEOFFREY MOLEPetty Officer Third Class · January 21, 1968
- WILLIAM LEO BROWNStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1968
- WARREN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 22, 1969
- JERRY WAYNE POFFSpecialist Four · July 3, 1969
- JOHN HOOPER V HATHAWAYCaptain · October 11, 1969
- GEORGE ALFRED BIRDWELLSpecialist Four · May 25, 1970
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.