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ROBERT A KOHN
Captain · U.S. Air Force
March 19, 1947 – November 21, 1972
Service recordRobert A Kohn, of Hollywood, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 21, 1972, in Thailand, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- March 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Hollywood, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1972
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1972. In November 1972, 21 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 91
- DOUGLAS THOMAS MANKAFireman Apprentice · November 14, 1972
- DONALD CHARLES BREUERCaptain · November 20, 1972
- CHARLES JOSEPH CAFFARELLICaptain · November 21, 1972
- WILLIAM S HARGROVEFirst Lieutenant · November 21, 1972
Same unit, same day
- JOHN W RYONMaster Sergeant · Panel 1W, Line 92
From Hollywood
- CHARLES JACOB BAIRSpecialist Six · January 29, 1966
- STEPHEN RANDALL KITTLEPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- SCOTT SIMONS MCCLOSKEYPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- HOWARD DUNCAN BENNETTWarrant Officer 1 · February 3, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS BUCKLESLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- DENNETTE A EDWARDS IIISecond Lieutenant · February 26, 1968
- KENNETH CHARLES LOCKWOODSeaman · February 29, 1968
- WILLIS ROZELLE HALLTechnical Sergeant · March 11, 1968
- CHARLES E DAVENPORT IIPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- RICHARD WARREN POWELL JRPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
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.