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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Robert Arthur Eisenbeisz.

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ROBERT ARTHUR EISENBEISZ

First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force

September 16, 1946 – February 11, 1971

Service record

Robert Arthur Eisenbeisz, of Seattle, Washington, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 11, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 5W · Line 95

Position of Panel 5W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
First Lieutenant (1STLT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Born
September 16, 1946
Home of record
Seattle, Washington (King County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 11, 1971
Age
24
Province
Quang Tri
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

20 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1971; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 5W, Line 95

From Seattle

All 238 names from Seattle →

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.