Robert Arnold Whitney

Specialist Four
A CO, 2ND BN, 3RD INF RGT, 199 INF BDE
Army of the United States
20 January 1947 - 25 May 1968
Kennewick, WA
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199 INF BDE

3RD INF RGT
Combat Infantry

Purple Heart (2 awards), National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Robert Arnold Whitney

14 Oct 2003

Robert Arnold Whitney was known as Robert Arnold Miller in his hometown of Kennewick WA. He was a 1966 graduate of Kennewick High School where he was a leading wrestler. During his senior year at Kennewick he compiled a 23-0 record in the 130 pound weight division, finishing 2nd in the State Finals.

Robert was drafted into the Army and was required to use his birth surname of Whitney. He was killed by a booby trap while on patrol during his seventh month in-country. Robert Arnold Whitney Miller is remembered at Faces From the Wall , a website honoring all of Washington State's men whose names are on the Vietnam Memorial Wall.


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