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ROBERT J VOSS
Captain · U.S. Army
June 12, 1932 – July 8, 1965
Service recordRobert J Voss, of Davenport, Iowa, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- June 12, 1932
- Home of record
- Davenport, Iowa (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1965
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1965. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 32
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LARRY GENE MOODYFirst Lieutenant · July 8, 1965
- HERBERT SMITH JRStaff Sergeant · July 8, 1965
- STEFAN ZBIGNIEW STALINSKIPrivate First Class · July 8, 1965
Same unit, same day
- PAUL JOSEPH BRUNOSergeant · Panel 2E, Line 31
- LARRY GENE MOODYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 2E, Line 32
- HERBERT SMITH JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 2E, Line 32
From Davenport
- JERRY PROSPER CLARKChief Warrant Officer 3 · December 15, 1965
- JAMES BYRON LAIRDPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- JOSEPH ALLEN SCHWERDTFEGERSergeant · May 3, 1966
- NORBERT GENE SIMMONSSergeant · June 15, 1966
- CHARLES ALLEN MORSELance Corporal · March 27, 1967
- CARL JOHN OLSONLance Corporal · July 29, 1967
- GARY KEITH RATHPrivate First Class · September 1, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH UTTERWarrant Officer 1 · November 21, 1967
- DONALD LOUIS FLEETWOODPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
- DANIEL LEE WISELYSpecialist Four · January 6, 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.