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ROBERT WILLIAM JASURA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 4, 1948 – November 13, 1968
Service recordRobert William Jasura, of Pinconning, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 60
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)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Pinconning, Michigan (Bay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1968; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 60
- CHARLES THOMAS HERSHEYSergeant · November 13, 1968
- ARTHUR EARL KEESEESpecialist Five · November 13, 1968
- DONALD LARRY KEETERSpecialist Four · November 13, 1968
- JACK WALTER RICESpecialist Four · November 13, 1968
From Pinconning
- BILLY SYLVESTER DAVISStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1967
- THOMAS ROBERT OUILLETTEPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- RAYMOND ALBERT GIBSONPrivate First Class · October 16, 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.