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ROBERT WILLIAM READY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 20, 1947 – January 26, 1970
Service recordRobert William Ready, of Yorba Linda, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- January 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Yorba Linda, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 69
- JOHN JOSEPH KOSSpecialist Four · January 26, 1970
- THOMAS ANDREW MADDEN IICaptain · January 26, 1970
- DENNIS WESLEY MOORESergeant · January 26, 1970
- RAYMOND PLATEROPrivate First Class · January 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HARVIE RENA FRADYSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 68
From Yorba Linda
- JAMES CALVIN MCKENZIEPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- JAMES TONY GORSICHFirst Lieutenant · March 26, 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.