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ROBERT EDWARD KASPER
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
December 8, 1945 – March 7, 1967
Service recordRobert Edward Kasper, of Newington, Connecticut, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 7, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 35
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Construction Mechanic (CM)
- Born
- December 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Newington, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 35
- DEAN FRANKLIN FOXSpecialist Four · March 7, 1967
- JOHN CHARLES HAINES JRChief Petty Officer · March 7, 1967
- JAMES KELLY KEITH IIIPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
- CHARLES F KENNEDYSergeant · March 7, 1967
From Newington
- PAUL KIERSTEAD MOSERPetty Officer Third Class · October 2, 1969
- ELIAS BENSON PEALER JRCorporal · May 8, 1970
- PETER GIBNEY MORIARTYCaptain · March 22, 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.