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ROBERT ARNOLD WIMER
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 20, 1949 – June 8, 1969
Service recordRobert Arnold Wimer, of Eureka, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 116
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Eureka, California (Humboldt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 116
- ROGER LEE YOUNGLance Corporal · June 8, 1969
- LEON HENRY ADAMSSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- DONALD WAYNE AKINSCorporal · June 9, 1969
- GARY LESTER BARNESSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
From Eureka
- DOUGLAS FRANK QUINNPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- DANIEL ARTHUR PATTERSONLance Corporal · May 25, 1967
- GENE ELWOOD CALPHMaster Sergeant · June 22, 1967
- DENNIS ERWIN GABBERTSpecialist Four · September 1, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD ANDERSONSpecialist Four · November 3, 1967
- DANIEL CLYDE FAULKS JRSpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- PETER ALAN HILLPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- FRANK EBERLY HEADLEY IVSergeant · April 1, 1968
- JAMES MITCHELL TRIMBLECorporal · April 6, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN CARLINCaptain · January 16, 1969
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.