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ROBERT ERNEST AHLSTROM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 27, 1948 – September 6, 1969
Service recordRobert Ernest Ahlstrom, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 45
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 27, 1948
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 45
- DENNIS RUSSELL WARTCHOWSergeant · September 5, 1969
- ARTHUR EDWARD WOJAHNSpecialist Four · September 5, 1969
- DALE ROBERT ALCORN JRSergeant · September 6, 1969
- FREDERICK HARRY BARRETTCorporal · September 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FREDERICK HARRY BARRETTCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 45
- LESTER HAROLD LEOPOLDCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 48
- DONALD BRYAN MANCILLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18W, Line 48
- MICHAEL MCKENZIE MAYESergeant · Panel 18W, Line 48
- CHARLES RAY MOORESergeant · Panel 18W, Line 49
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.