Rank: Private First Class
Unit: B Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11B – Infantryman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 4-Aug-1948
Hometown: Pinconning, Michigan
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 23-Apr-1968
Start of tour: 21-Sep-1968
Incident date: Unknown
Date of casualty: 13-Nov-1968
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, died of wounds. Small Arms Fire. Gun or small arms fire.
Robert William Jasura died from wounds received while gunner on military vehicle on combat operation when engaged hostile force in firefight. Individual was admitted to a military medical facility and later expired.
Location of fatality: Binh Long, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Saint Michaels Cemetery, Pinconning, Michigan, USA
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