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ROBERT JESSE KISER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 3, 1949 – April 3, 1971
Service recordRobert Jesse Kiser, of Stamford, Connecticut, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 103
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Stamford, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1971; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 103
- GARY BUTTStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1971
- ALAN DALE GILBERTSONSpecialist Five · April 3, 1971
- RAYFORD HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · April 3, 1971
- KENNETH ARTHUR THOMASONStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR BESTStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 102
- WAYNE ROY BOROWSKICorporal · Panel 4W, Line 102
- GARY BUTTStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 103
- EDWARD JOSEPH ROG JRSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 104
- HOWARD OTTO WARBINGTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 104
From Stamford
- ALFONS ALOYZE BANKOWSKIStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1961
- RICHARD EDWARD BROADHURSTPrivate First Class · August 4, 1965
- STUART MERRILL ANDREWSColonel · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM BREWSTER NICKERSONLieutenant (junior grade) · April 22, 1966
- KENT ELLSWORTH GANDYMajor · August 13, 1966
- JAMES ALLAN BRANSONLance Corporal · September 10, 1966
- RICHARD RICHCaptain · May 19, 1967
- DUNCAN HARTWELL FLEMINGSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
- FERGUS FRANCIS CONNORS JRCorporal · June 11, 1967
- ROBERT KEEFE DWYERFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 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.