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ROBERT WILLIAM SORENSEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 24, 1946 – January 4, 1968
Service recordRobert William Sorensen, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 42
- RUBEN BELL JRPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- EUGENE FREDERICK SWEET JRPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- FRANK OLIVARES TABOADAPrivate · January 4, 1968
- KENNETH JAMES TAKEMOTOSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BILLY GENE JENTCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 37
- ROGER WILLIAM LARCHERPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 38
- JAMES DALE OSENBAUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 40
- WALTER JOHN PETERSPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 40
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
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.