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ROBERT FRANKLIN ASHER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 14, 1945 – October 1, 1968
Service recordRobert Franklin Asher, of Smiley, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 1, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Smiley, Texas (Gonzales County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 52
- LARRY JACK VANRENSELAARLieutenant Commander · September 30, 1968
- HAMP EDWIN ZORNESPrivate First Class · September 30, 1968
- ROBERT ALICEAPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- TIMOTHY GEORGE ARENSCorporal · October 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY GEORGE ARENSCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 52
- FRANK ALLEN BAGGETTCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 53
- CHARLES ARTHUR BRANCHPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 53
- RONALD DOUGLAS BROWNFirst Lieutenant · Panel 42W, Line 53
- FREDERICK HAROLD FLYNNSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 53
- RICHARD BART CLEMENTSPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 54
- ROBERT JOSEPH DAVISSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 54
- JOHN WILLIAM DINGUS JRCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 54
- GARY WAYNE BROWNCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 55
- LEMUEL JOHNSONCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 56
- WARD EUGENE SEESergeant · Panel 42W, Line 58
- EUGENE RAVN SUAREZCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 60
- BERNARD JEFFERY UHRENCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 60
- JOSE D MELENDEZ-GONZALEZPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 61
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.