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ROBERT WESLEY LONG
Private · U.S. Army
January 29, 1950 – June 9, 1969
Service recordRobert Wesley Long, of Haydenville, Ohio, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 3
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 27 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP
- Born
- January 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Haydenville, Ohio (Hocking County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1969; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO 27 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 3
- KENNETH JOSEPH KREUTZSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- TOMMY ROSS LAWSONSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- ALLEN LANUI LEWISPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- HARRY LEROY LONGPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HARRY LEROY LONGPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 3
From Haydenville
- TERRY LEE SCHAUBPrivate First Class · February 19, 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.