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ROBERT WILFRED RENAUD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 10, 1948 – January 5, 1968
Service recordRobert Wilfred Renaud, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineer Equipment Assistant (62A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 84 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- December 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Pawtucket, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B CO 84 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 52
- BOBBY RAY RODGERSSpecialist Four · January 5, 1968
- GARY WESLEY RUNKPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- FRANCIS PAUL RYBAKSecond Lieutenant · January 5, 1968
- JOSEPH SMALLSPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND DENNIS MCGLOTHINPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 51
From Pawtucket
- ANTONIO PAUL MACIMINIOLance Corporal · May 21, 1966
- RONALD GERARD PIERCEPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- NORMAND AURELE PLANTESpecialist Four · April 28, 1967
- CHARLES YAGHOOBIAN JRFirst Lieutenant · October 14, 1967
- RAYMOND WIL MICHALOPOULOSSpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
- WILLIAM HOWARD MOORE IIISpecialist Four · January 28, 1968
- JAMES VINCENT CAVANAUGHSpecialist Four · February 18, 1969
- ROBERT EDWARD OBRIENCaptain · March 21, 1969
- WALTER LEO PRITCHARD JRLieutenant Colonel · April 12, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM DEANLance Corporal · April 14, 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.