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ROBERT WILLIAM MACNAUGHT
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 3, 1944 – August 7, 1970
Service recordRobert William Macnaught, of Warwick, Rhode Island, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 92
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 3, 1944
- Home of record
- Warwick, Rhode Island (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1970; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 92
- THEODORE C KAPPMEYERCorporal · August 7, 1970
- THOMAS WELCH SHEAFirst Sergeant · August 7, 1970
- STEVEN MICHAEL WADEPrivate First Class · August 7, 1970
- STEPHEN CRAIG BRIESECorporal · August 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ERIC PETER BUSCHSpecialist Six · Panel 8W, Line 90
- JOHN NELSON CRAWFORD JRSpecialist Six · Panel 8W, Line 90
From Warwick
- RICHARD ALAN JURCAKPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES STERLINGSpecialist Four · April 25, 1967
- WILLIAM CHARLES STANLEYPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- KENNETH BRADFORD GOFF JRMajor · August 24, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM COTTENIERLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- JOHN BRYANT HEADLEYCorporal · November 2, 1967
- LEO PAUL DUNSMORECorporal · February 12, 1968
- ALFRED LEONARD TRIPPCaptain · July 25, 1968
- JOSEPH THOMAS PIGEON JRSergeant · August 21, 1968
- JAMES LEO WARNERSergeant First Class · September 21, 1968
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.