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ROBERT JOHN HIMLER
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
October 21, 1942 – August 24, 1968
Service recordRobert John Himler, of Williston, North Dakota, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 24, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 3
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- October 21, 1942
- Home of record
- Williston, North Dakota (Williams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 3
- THOMAS FRANKLIN HERKINSSergeant · August 24, 1968
- LESLIE EDMUND HINES IIIFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1968
- ROBERT DOUGLAS HUGHESCorporal · August 24, 1968
- JOSEF PAUL INTIHARSpecialist Four · August 24, 1968
From Williston
- RICHARD DENZIL GILL JRSpecialist Four · July 21, 1966
- KENYON ELROY BEANPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- RICHARD DALE HOVLANDSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- RANDY LEE HANSENSpecialist Four · April 6, 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.