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ROBERT ARTHUR FALKENAU
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 26, 1944 – December 6, 1969
Service recordRobert Arthur Falkenau, of Wilmington, Delaware, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1969, in Phu Bon Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 32
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 26, 1944
- Home of record
- Wilmington, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Phu Bon
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phu Bon Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 32
- CHARLES ELTON FERRELLCaptain · December 6, 1969
- GARY LLOYD HEINSpecialist Five · December 6, 1969
- LARRY LOUISE HOHMANSergeant · December 6, 1969
- ROBIN MANGUMLieutenant Colonel · December 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE LIVINGSTON MILLERColonel · Panel 15W, Line 33
From Wilmington
- WILBERT RUDOLPH BUTLERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- FREDERICK E SMITHPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- EDMUND LAWRENCE SUDLERSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- JAMES VOELKEL DONNELLYSpecialist Four · March 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD PORTERSergeant · April 8, 1966
- ROBERT NIELSEN TAMSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL BOWMANPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH CONNELLLieutenant Commander · July 15, 1966
- WOLFRAM WALTHER BISCHOFSergeant First Class · February 13, 1967
- LOUIS ANTHONY LEATHERBURYPrivate · March 24, 1967
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.