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ROBERT HENRY BUEHLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 5, 1948 – September 22, 1968
Service recordRobert Henry Buehler, of Napa, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 60
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Napa, California (Napa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1968; six of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 60
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BARNETTPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- DEXTER BELLPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- SARGENT J BROSHEARCaptain · September 22, 1968
- HAROLD RAYMOND BRUBAKERLance Corporal · September 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOHN BYRNESStaff Sergeant · Panel 43W, Line 61
- WILLIAM JOSEPH HOUSTONCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 63
- WILLIAM GERALD PEELERFirst Sergeant · Panel 43W, Line 65
- SAMUEL ROSAS-SANZPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 66
- WILLIAM WAYNE VANMATERSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 67
From Napa
- JACK DANIEL LANELLISpecialist Five · August 31, 1965
- EDWARD WARREN WOODRUFFPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- GARY WAYNE RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- RICKY ALAN MYERSPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- PATRICK DALE MORIARTYChief Petty Officer · March 9, 1968
- ARNOLD JAY FERRARIStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1968
- STEVEN GARY HICKSSpecialist Four · May 22, 1968
- MICHAEL ROY CLASENPetty Officer Third Class · August 25, 1968
- ROBERT LEE COONRODPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- RONALD ALLEN BEARDSLEYCorporal · October 31, 1968
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.