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LYNN HARLEY ROTHENBUHLER
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 18, 1934 – December 28, 1963
Service recordLynn Harley Rothenbuhler, of Ft Wayne, Indiana, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1963, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Born
- November 18, 1934
- Home of record
- Ft Wayne, Indiana (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1963
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1963. In December 1963, 23 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 39
- BILLY JOHN COLEYFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- JOHNNY CRAWFORD SANDERSMaster Sergeant · December 25, 1963
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
From Ft Wayne
- JOHN EDWARD KINGCaptain · December 11, 1964
- MERLE O VANALSTINEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1965
- MERLIN EUGENE MARQUARDTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- TERRY TIM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- DONALD ROSS GRIBLERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT WALLACESergeant · February 14, 1966
- STEPHEN EUGENE LAIERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- MAJOR ARNOLD JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- MARIO CLAYTON KITTSCorporal · March 5, 1966
- RONNIE ELMON HALLPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.