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ROBERT WILLIAM HART
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 20, 1948 – August 17, 1970
Service recordRobert William Hart, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 118
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)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 118
- CURTIS CRAIG COLYEARCorporal · August 17, 1970
- PAUL ALLEN DEMALINESpecialist Four · August 17, 1970
- RICHARD KEITH JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · August 17, 1970
- MOSES EDWARD JONESPrivate · August 17, 1970
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.