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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Robert William Tubby.

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ROBERT WILLIAM TUBBY

Private First Class · U.S. Army

October 30, 1946 – August 6, 1967

Service record

Robert William Tubby, of Kingston, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 6, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 24E · Line 82

Position of Panel 24E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Food Service Specialist (94B)
Unit (as recorded)
329 TRANS CO 1 LOG CMD
Born
October 30, 1946
Home of record
Kingston, New York (Ulster County)

Casualty

Date of death
August 6, 1967
Age
20
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Drowning

Context · from the records

What was happening

17 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 24E, Line 82

From Kingston

All 13 names from Kingston →

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.