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ROBERT WEST LANCASTER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 15, 1945 – August 21, 1970
Service recordRobert West Lancaster, of Lincoln, Rhode Island, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1970, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 127
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Lincoln, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1970; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 127
- JAMES EDWARD HOLDERStaff Sergeant · August 21, 1970
- BEN ODELL JOHNSONSergeant · August 21, 1970
- KENNETH JOSEPH KOSOWSKICorporal · August 21, 1970
- RONALD WILLIAM MUNGERSergeant · August 21, 1970
From Lincoln
- DAVID PAUL EVANSSergeant · April 9, 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.