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ROBERT DOUGLAS HAUER
Captain · U.S. Air Force
November 29, 1946 – September 5, 1970
Service recordRobert Douglas Hauer, of Brookline, Massachusetts, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on September 5, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 39
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 21 TASS
- Born
- November 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Brookline, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- September 5, 1970
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In September 1970, 364 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 7W, Line 39
- JACK MARVIN BAKERSpecialist Four · September 5, 1970
- EMORY THERON COATESSergeant · September 5, 1970
- THOMAS MIKELL CRISPLance Corporal · September 5, 1970
- DANIEL FRANCIS KLEINLance Corporal · September 5, 1970
From Brookline
- DANA E BRANNWarrant Officer 1 · November 16, 1965
- DAVID J WAXFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1965
- STERLING AIDEN WALLFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1967
- DAVID LOWELL SIMONStaff Sergeant · January 4, 1968
- ARTHUR PATRICK MURPHY JRLance Corporal · July 20, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN MERCERFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1968
- DENNIS CONRYPrivate First Class · April 30, 1969
- DEVERTON C COCHRANESergeant First Class · June 17, 1970
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.