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ROBERT FENTON STEIMER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 23, 1944 – June 14, 1967
Service recordRobert Fenton Steimer, of Inglewood, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 14, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Inglewood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 102
- JOSE ALBINO MONTOYASergeant · June 14, 1967
- ROBERT ROGERS ROUSHSecond Lieutenant · June 14, 1967
- HARLAN RAY SLUSSERPrivate First Class · June 14, 1967
- ROBERT EUGENE THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · June 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GLENDON ROMAN BARNETTSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 100
- RICHARD GORDON BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 100
- RICHARD ALLEN CABLESpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 101
- FRANK A GIACOBELLO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 101
- ROBERT ROGERS ROUSHSecond Lieutenant · Panel 21E, Line 102
- ROBERT EUGENE THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 102
From Inglewood
- LARRY VERNON LAKEPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- ROY LOUIS RYSE JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- DONALD ZOBOBLISHLance Corporal · March 1, 1966
- DONALD RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD COSSA JRSpecialist Four · May 31, 1967
- WILLIAM BYRON WEIKAL JRTechnical Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT LEE CENTERSeaman · July 11, 1967
- HAROLD BAUCHIEROLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- DONALD LYNN MCALISTERCorporal · September 4, 1967
- MERLE L DUEMANMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1967
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.