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ROBERT GRAHAM NOPP
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
September 19, 1934 – July 14, 1966
Service recordRobert Graham Nopp, of Salem, Oregon, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He was lost on July 14, 1966, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 20
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 19, 1934
- Home of record
- Salem, Oregon (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- July 14, 1966
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
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.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9E, Line 20
- FREDERICK ALLEN WATHENSeaman Apprentice · July 13, 1966
- DAVID LEE COX JRSpecialist Five · July 14, 1966
- MARSHALL FREDERICK KIPINAStaff Sergeant · July 14, 1966
- RICHARD GLEN SCHROEDERPetty Officer Third Class · July 14, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MARSHALL FREDERICK KIPINAStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 20
From Salem
- DELBERT CHARLES LAFLEMMESpecialist Four · October 7, 1964
- ELVIS GORDON BARKERCaptain · March 1, 1965
- DAVID ALLEN MORGANStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1965
- DAVID GORDON RUSSELLLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- THEODORE JAMES SHORACK JRMajor · June 9, 1966
- JOHN DOUGLAS CAREYPrivate First Class · July 16, 1966
- GERALD WALLACE EVENHUSPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- DAREL LEE SILLSSpecialist Four · October 13, 1966
- LARRY RAY FOSTERPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
- WALTER MACK PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · September 6, 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.