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ROBERT EARL KLINE
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
May 19, 1930 – November 2, 1966
Service recordRobert Earl Kline, of Indiana, Pennsylvania, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on November 2, 1966, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 10
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
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 421 TFS
- Born
- May 19, 1930
- Home of record
- Indiana, Pennsylvania (Indiana County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- November 2, 1966
- Country
- North 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 November 2, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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 12E, Line 10
- THOMAS ALFRED DUCKETTLance Corporal · November 2, 1966
- LARRY LEE FULLERPrivate First Class · November 2, 1966
- CARL FRANKLIN GARRISONSpecialist Four · November 2, 1966
- SAMUEL LIGHTMANPrivate First Class · November 2, 1966
From Indiana
- HAROLD ALAN PREISENDEFERFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1965
- ROBERT LEO BABULAStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- RONALD LEE JOHNSTONFirst Lieutenant · March 12, 1967
- GARY WAYNE STERNLance Corporal · July 21, 1967
- JAMES FREDERICK BROWNPrivate First Class · November 25, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS OLESNANIKCorporal · January 11, 1968
- WAYNE EUGENE LEWIS JRSpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
- TERRY LOUIS FYOCKSpecialist Four · June 3, 1968
- WALTER PAUL BEMPrivate First Class · April 30, 1969
- ANDREW ANTHONY HORCHAR JRPetty Officer Third Class · April 9, 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.