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ROBERT WILLIAM HOMSCHEK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 28, 1950 – April 4, 1971
Service recordRobert William Homschek, of Duryea, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 105
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- March 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Duryea, Pennsylvania (Luzerne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1971; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 105
- THOMAS LEE BLATZSpecialist Four · April 4, 1971
- KRAG COLT BULLIS SRStaff Sergeant · April 4, 1971
- MICHAEL EVERETT GIESECorporal · April 4, 1971
- BENNY EUGENE HARTSpecialist Four · April 4, 1971
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS LEE BLATZSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 105
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.