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Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969.
Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969. Photo: U.S. Marine Corps, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Robert James Wiese.

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ROBERT JAMES WIESE

Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps

December 8, 1948 – February 16, 1970

Service record

Robert James Wiese, of St Ann, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 16, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 13W · Line 21

Position of Panel 13W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Marine Corps
Rank
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Regular
Born
December 8, 1948
Home of record
St Ann, Missouri (St Louis County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 16, 1970
Age
21
Province
Thua Thien
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

19 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1970; 11 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 13W, Line 21

From St Ann

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.