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ROBERT CHARLES ESSMANN
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 30, 1948 – June 6, 1969
Service recordRobert Charles Essmann, of Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 85
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin (Fond Du Lac County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1969; 25 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 85
- ROBERT DRAKPrivate First Class · June 6, 1969
- MICHAEL JOHN EVANSSpecialist Four · June 6, 1969
- ROBERT MICHAEL FULLMERPrivate First Class · June 6, 1969
- FELTON ROGER FUSSELLPrivate First Class · June 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN PAUL BECKERSSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 82
- WILLIAM HENRY CLEVENGERSergeant Major · Panel 23W, Line 84
- JOHN PHILIP CRAIGCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 84
- WILLIAM MICHAEL CRUSIE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 84
- RICHARD EDWARD CYRANSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 84
- ROBERT MICHAEL FULLMERPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 85
- LARRY GENE GOSCHSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 86
- JOHN DEOGRACIAS INGUILLOStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 87
- TERRY LEE JENKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 87
- DUANE HENRY LANDWEHR JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 88
- DON HARRISON LASCELLESStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 89
- CARL DONALD LYNCHCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 89
- DENNIS JAMES MANSONCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 89
- LEO RENE MARCOULIERCaptain · Panel 23W, Line 90
- BRUCE CALVIN MAYNARDSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 90
- JOHN DAVID RHODES IIICorporal · Panel 23W, Line 91
- RONNIE DEAN SHAWCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 92
- PHILLIP FINNAN THERIOTCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 93
- RICHARD PAUL VALADEZCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 93
From Fond Du Lac
- CARL WAYNE GRIMESPrivate First Class · May 5, 1964
- GERALD CARL CAPELLECaptain · April 1, 1965
- CLYDE DUANE DAWSONMajor · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES HERMAN HILLCorporal · June 22, 1966
- RODNEY HOWARD RICKLISeaman · February 15, 1967
- ROY ANTHONY SCHAEFER JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- PHILIP JOHN KIMPELPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- BLAKE HENRY HALFMANLance Corporal · February 17, 1968
- FREDERICK RAYMOND CASPERFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 1968
- GERALD STANLEY STOZEKSpecialist Four · September 28, 1968
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.