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ROBERT DONALD NOELLSCH
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 1, 1946 – September 29, 1968
Service recordRobert Donald Noellsch, of Tarkio, Missouri, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 29, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 42
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aeroscout Observer (93B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Tarkio, Missouri (Atchison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 42
- JOHN JAMES MATUSKASpecialist Four · September 29, 1968
- MERLIN EUGENE MILLERPrivate First Class · September 29, 1968
- WALTER LEE MOORE JRCorporal · September 29, 1968
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH NEWBERRYCaptain · September 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALEJANDRO BIRRI BAGASOLSergeant First Class · Panel 42W, Line 38
- SHERWOOD DAVID KREISWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 42W, Line 40
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.