It is reported that his death was self-inflicted. Rest in peace, Robert.
Date of birth: 26 December 1949
Date tour began: 23 April 1968
Date of casualty: 13 October 1968
Home of record: Canby, Oregon
Branch and Rank: Army, Specialist Four, Heavy Vehicle Driver
Unit: 18th Engineer Brigade, 19th Engineer Battalion, 35th Engineer Group, 70th Engineer Company
Awards: National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Service Medal
Location of name on the Vietnam Wall: 41W, 60
 
Location of service: South Vietnam, Binh Dinh province
Died through non-hostile action - reported as suicide or self-inflicted injury.
 
Schools Attended: Canby High School
Burial location: Zion Memorial Park, Canby, Oregon
Memorials: Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Washington, DC), Oregon Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Portland), Vietnam Era Veterans Memorial in Canby
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The Oregonian, Thursday, October 17, 1968
Canby Soldier Dies In War
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Defense Department said Army Spec. 4 Robert D. Neasham of Canby, Ore., has died in Vietnam.
On Wednesday the department said Neasham, the son of Mrs. Myrna Vincenzi, Canby, was not killed in action.
He was the 373rd Oregon serviceman to die in the war since 1961 and the 174th this year.

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