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ROBERT FREDERICK EHLERS
Private · U.S. Army
July 10, 1946 – October 21, 1966
Service recordRobert Frederick Ehlers, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 93
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 10, 1946
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 93
- PHILLIP MARK WILSONPrivate First Class · October 20, 1966
- RONALD GALE WOLFELieutenant · October 20, 1966
- GEORGE HENRY CHACESpecialist Four · October 21, 1966
- JOSEPH RALPH SIMONEPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 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.