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Cpl Raul Robledo

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Cpl Raul Robledo Veteran

Birth
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death
14 Mar 1968 (aged 21)
Bình Dương, Vietnam
Burial
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA GPS-Latitude: 32.469898, Longitude: -93.758318
Plot
FPE Section 23, lot 157
Memorial ID
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MOS:

Cpl Raul Robledo was husband of Mrs. Wanda L. Robledo 2713 Southern Avenue, Shreveport, LA

On March 14, 1968, the battalion(-) conducted RIF operations in the area of XT 6321 and 6421. At 1229 hours, in the northwest area of the Filhol at XT 642219, Company A, moving with men on the ground in front of the tracks, received sniper fire. One Bobcat was shot in the chest and died before a dust-off could get him out. The men were ordered to take cover as artillery was called in. The artillery rounds mistakenly landed on top of the men of Company A, killing two Bobcats and wounding twenty-three.
C Company remained OPCON to the 2/34th Armor and conducted operations in the lower Boi Loi Woods.
Survived by his widow, Wanda, his mother, Paula Robledo and siblings, Robert, Rolando Jr, Rose Maria and Ruth.
Cpl Robledo #
MOS:

Cpl Raul Robledo was husband of Mrs. Wanda L. Robledo 2713 Southern Avenue, Shreveport, LA

On March 14, 1968, the battalion(-) conducted RIF operations in the area of XT 6321 and 6421. At 1229 hours, in the northwest area of the Filhol at XT 642219, Company A, moving with men on the ground in front of the tracks, received sniper fire. One Bobcat was shot in the chest and died before a dust-off could get him out. The men were ordered to take cover as artillery was called in. The artillery rounds mistakenly landed on top of the men of Company A, killing two Bobcats and wounding twenty-three.
C Company remained OPCON to the 2/34th Armor and conducted operations in the lower Boi Loi Woods.
Survived by his widow, Wanda, his mother, Paula Robledo and siblings, Robert, Rolando Jr, Rose Maria and Ruth.

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