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ROBERT ERICK UTHEMANN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 12, 1944 – June 4, 1970
Service recordRobert Erick Uthemann, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 11
- ARNO JOSEPH VOIGTSergeant First Class · June 4, 1970
- WILLIAM THOMAS WALLACE JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 4, 1970
- JOHN ELMORE WELLSSergeant · June 4, 1970
- HARRY TRUMAN WILSONSergeant · June 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ALAN GEORGE DEMOROWSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 7
- STEPHEN CRAIG FOHTPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 7
- RICHARD EUGENE RUTHERFORDCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 9
- RUSSELL DELMAR SHUESergeant · Panel 9W, Line 10
- ARCADIO TORRESFirst Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 10
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
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.