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ROBERT F REX
Captain · U.S. Air Force
November 28, 1941 – March 9, 1969
Service recordRobert F Rex, of Odebolt, Iowa, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 9, 1969, in Laos, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 23 TASS
- Born
- November 28, 1941
- Home of record
- Odebolt, Iowa (Sac County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1969. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 30W, Line 95
- ROBERT B PROTTO JRStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1969
- BOBBY JOHN ROLLINSPrivate First Class · March 9, 1969
- DOUGLAS NOEL ROWECorporal · March 9, 1969
- RICHARD DALE SHIELDSPrivate First Class · March 9, 1969
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.