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ROBERT WILLIAM SAWYER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 4, 1949 – August 23, 1968
Service recordRobert William Sawyer, of Manchester, New Hampshire, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 53
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Manchester, New Hampshire (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; 51 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 53
- RICHARD LEE ROWLAND JRCorporal · August 23, 1968
- ANTHONY JOHN SANTANASpecialist Four · August 23, 1968
- WILLIAM OTTO SCHMALEMajor · August 23, 1968
- JAMES WARREN SMITHSergeant · August 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PHILIP GEORGE DAVISCorporal · Panel 47W, Line 39
- WILLIAM RICHARD GRANTSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 43
- WILLIE JAMES LAMARSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 47
From Manchester
- ROBERT PAUL DIONNEHospitalman · July 14, 1965
- WILFRED ROLAND ROBILLARDPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- JOSEPH GEORGE VILLIARDCorporal · March 24, 1966
- PHILLIP JOSEPH STICKNEYSenior Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
- PAUL ERNEST NADEAUPrivate First Class · September 4, 1966
- LEON NORMAND DOUCETCorporal · February 5, 1967
- NORMAN GERARD LOZEAUPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- NORMAND RICHARD MARTELPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- ARTHUR C MOURTGIS JRPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- JOSEPH ARMAND ROG GELINASChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 11, 1967
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.