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ROBERT CHARLES WIECHERT
Major · U.S. Air Force
September 3, 1930 – November 16, 1968
Service recordRobert Charles Wiechert, of West Jordan, Utah, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 16, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 76
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 615 TFS 35 TFW
- Born
- September 3, 1930
- Home of record
- West Jordan, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1968
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1968. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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 39W, Line 76
- LARRY CALUISTUS LARAPrivate First Class · November 16, 1968
- RICHARD ANTHONY SITO SRSpecialist Four · November 16, 1968
- MICHAEL VILLARREALSpecialist Four · November 16, 1968
- STANLEY FRANK WILTONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1968
From West Jordan
- BRUCE EDWIN INGMANPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- BRUCE M KELLERSergeant · January 3, 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.