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ROBERT WILLIAM GETZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 14, 1949 – June 1, 1969
Service recordRobert William Getz, of Decatur, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 36
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Decatur, Illinois (Macon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 36
- MICHAEL DENNIS GOELLERSpecialist Four · June 1, 1969
- JERRY LEE GOODLINStaff Sergeant · June 1, 1969
- LOUIS ALFREDO GORDILSSpecialist Four · June 1, 1969
- WENDELL JOHN M GRAHAM JRPrivate First Class · June 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL DENNIS GOELLERSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 36
- DAVID LEE MILLSSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 38
- RICHARD JACOB SIGWORTHPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 40
From Decatur
- ROGER HUGH MULLINSLieutenant Commander · February 17, 1960
- HERBERT J DEXTERMajor · September 18, 1965
- JAMES DARRELL WHITE JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- WILLIAM PATRICK FORANLance Corporal · March 1, 1966
- RONALD THOMAS SHELTONCaptain · April 10, 1966
- BRYAN B STOCKWELLPrivate First Class · September 20, 1966
- JOHN RUSSELL SMITHLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- CARL GENE SMITHSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- STEPHEN RAY BANGERTLance Corporal · March 2, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS BRADSHAWPrivate First Class · March 18, 1967
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.