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ROBERT ALLEN ANSPACH
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 1, 1933 – September 11, 1967
Service recordRobert Allen Anspach, of Macon, Missouri, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1967, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- October 1, 1933
- Home of record
- Macon, Missouri (Macon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kien Phong Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 31E, Line 79
- IVAN DEAN MILLER JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
- HARRY RAY WHITE JRSpecialist Four · December 10, 1967
- JAMES EARL WRIGHTCorporal · December 10, 1967
- ALLAN EUGENE FOLLETTSpecialist Four · December 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS DALE CULPCaptain · Panel 26E, Line 55
From Macon
- MERLE DEANE TURNERLieutenant Colonel · September 4, 1967
- NOBLE THOMAS HEADSpecialist Four · October 27, 1968
- ROBERT BRUCE MADDOXFirst Lieutenant · February 11, 1969
- EDWARD LEE REYNOLDSSpecialist Four · September 18, 1970
- ROGER LEE CHRISTENSENSpecialist Four · December 5, 1971
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.