Robert Anthony Itzoe

Robert Anthony Itzoe March 17, 1968 Operation Box Springs/Operation Rakkasan Chaparral - Binh Duong Province Please contribute a written memory, a verbal memory, a video, a photo, or simply speak his name. They say a soldier dies twice. Once when he takes his last breath. Twice when his name is spoken for the last time. Speak his name... Featured Pictures See More Photos Share Photos Featured Video Watch More Videos Share Video Featured Audio Hear More Audios Share Audio Featured Written Story Read Written Stories Share Written Stories   Robert Anthony Itzoe Robert Anthony Itzoe deployed with the 3/187th in December of 1967 during Operation Eagle Thrust. He initially served with Alpha Company but transferred to Echo Company - Recon Platoon. Robert was killed in action in the early morning hours of March 17, 1968, when his night defensive position was hit by a NVA/VC mortar. Robert was from Baltimore, Maryland and was twenty-eight years of age. He is buried at Baltimore National Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland. His name is etched on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, Panel 45E, Line 12. RIP soldier! Never forget! Never forgotten! Photo obtained from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund - Wall of Faces. Image available on the internet and included in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107. Information obtained from 3/187th documents obtained by TSTP during research trips to the National Archives and Records Administration as well as from the Coffelt Database.