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ROBERT ALAN STERN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
April 1, 1947 – April 7, 1972
Service recordRobert Alan Stern, of New York, New York, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1972, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 132
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 1, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1972
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1972; two of them were lost in Kien Giang Province. In April 1972, 106 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
He died in Kien Giang Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 132
- WILLIAM ROY PEARSONSergeant · April 6, 1972
- HOWARD BURDETTE LULL JRMaster Sergeant · April 7, 1972
- RICHARD DWAYNE MILTONTechnical Sergeant · April 7, 1972
- LARRY FLETCHER POTTSCaptain · April 7, 1972
- RICHARD SIMPSON SCHOTTLieutenant Colonel · April 7, 1972
Same unit, same day
- JOE DAVID HUDSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 2W, Line 131
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.