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ROBERT FRITZ SPEER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 9, 1948 – April 24, 1971
Service recordRobert Fritz Speer, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 9
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1971; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 9
- KEVIN ALONZO RINARDFirst Lieutenant · April 24, 1971
- JOHNNIE RAE SLYSpecialist Four · April 24, 1971
- TOMMY DAVE SMITHSergeant First Class · April 24, 1971
- JOSE ANTONIO SOTO-FIGUEROASergeant · April 24, 1971
- DIETER HERBERT DISCHHAUSERSpecialist Four · August 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WESLEY WILSONSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 6
- THOMAS DUDLEY CHENAULTCaptain · Panel 3W, Line 7
- JAMES ALBERT CHAMPIONStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 8
- JOHNNIE RAE SLYSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 9
- JOSE ANTONIO SOTO-FIGUEROASergeant · Panel 3W, Line 9
- THOMAS HAROLD TAFTCorporal · Panel 3W, Line 10
- CHRISTOPHER LEE VOLLMARSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 10
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.