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ROBERT WOODROW DAMERON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 14, 1945 – May 4, 1968
Service recordRobert Woodrow Dameron, of Buena Vista, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Buena Vista, Virginia (Buena Vista (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 32
- DARRELL WAYNE COTTRELLLance Corporal · May 4, 1968
- KENNETH MICHAEL CRYANSpecialist Five · May 4, 1968
- LARRY DEAN DANIELSSpecialist Four · May 4, 1968
- JOHN MELVIN DURHAMStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1968
- JOHN EARNEST SWANSON JRCorporal · May 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL HAROLD BONIFANTStaff Sergeant · Panel 54E, Line 30
- WILLIAM WAYNE JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 35
- GERALD DEAN KLEINSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 35
- RICHARD THOMAS MILLSSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 37
- ROBERT GLEN PRICESecond Lieutenant · Panel 54E, Line 39
- ANTHONY WILFRED TORRESPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 54E, Line 41
From Buena Vista
- ANTHONY LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 22, 1969
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.