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ROBERT HARRY IRWIN
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
December 9, 1938 – June 11, 1971
Service recordRobert Harry Irwin, of Peekskill, New York, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on June 11, 1971, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 107
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115F)
- Born
- December 9, 1938
- Home of record
- Peekskill, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- June 11, 1971
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1971. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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 2W, Line 107
- ROBERT EDWIN PRYORSeaman · February 13, 1972
- CHRISTOPHER HAROLD TURKPrivate First Class · February 13, 1972
- ALBERT EUGENE LEEPetty Officer First Class · February 16, 1972
- RICHARD NEIL CHRISTY IIFirst Lieutenant · February 17, 1972
From Peekskill
- OLIVER C CHASE JRCaptain · July 22, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN KELLYPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
- DOUGLAS RONALD MOWBRAYPrivate First Class · September 15, 1966
- MICHAEL JOHN AMATOLance Corporal · May 13, 1967
- FRANK JOHN GUICHAUDPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- LAWRENCE ELSTON OSBORNESergeant · April 4, 1968
- JOHN BARDEN HUDSONPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- CHESTER JOHN MOSHIER JRStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1968
- BRUCE EDWARD REEDCorporal · February 28, 1969
- MICHAEL LOUIS POGGISergeant · March 28, 1969
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.