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ROBERT DEAN FLEER
Captain · U.S. Army
May 21, 1929 – February 8, 1968
Service recordRobert Dean Fleer, of Fullerton, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 21, 1929
- Home of record
- Fullerton, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1968
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
114 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1968; eight of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
He died in Định Tường Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 27
- DANNY EARL DANIELSPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- RICHARD ALLI FEATHERSTONEPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- JAMES P FERGUSONSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- KENNETH CHARLES FORDHAMPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD FRED CAVANAUGHSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 19
- ROBERT ALAN LABUDAPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 31
- GLENN DOUGLAS MOOREWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 38E, Line 33
From Fullerton
- THOMAS HOWARD HAWKINGFirst Lieutenant · September 16, 1966
- BYRON HALEY BUSHAYStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT ALL NORTHERNPrivate First Class · November 13, 1966
- CHARLES PATRICK KELLYPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- MICHAEL LOUIS BROWNINGLance Corporal · October 24, 1967
- ROBERT ALLAN LEEMANLance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- DENNIS RAY THORPESergeant · April 15, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK CRAWFORDCorporal · May 26, 1968
- THOMAS CAMPBELL BAMFORDSpecialist Five · August 7, 1968
- DANIEL CARDENAS JRLance Corporal · August 18, 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.