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ROBERT JOHN KUHLMAN JR
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
August 25, 1944 – January 17, 1969
Service recordRobert John Kuhlman JR, of Richmond, Indiana, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on January 17, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 25
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Qualified A-6e Bombardier/Navigator (I) (7583)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VMA AW 242 MAG 11 1 MAW
- Born
- August 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Richmond, Indiana (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 17, 1969
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 34W, Line 25
- ARELINN LEWIS JACKSONSpecialist Four · January 17, 1969
- ROGER LEO LANGFORDSergeant · January 17, 1969
- JAMES DALE LASERPetty Officer Second Class · January 17, 1969
- KENNETH WILLIAM MEASELLSergeant · January 17, 1969
From Richmond
- CURTIS LAMARR FOSTERPrivate First Class · June 6, 1965
- JON DAVID VANNATTALance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- KARL EDWIN KLUTECaptain · March 14, 1966
- JESSE FLOYD WAGESSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- BURNIE HARRISStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- TERRY LEE WILESPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- THOMAS PAUL DEITEMEYERSpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN DOWNINGSergeant · March 11, 1967
- THOMAS CLAYTON BENGESergeant First Class · June 25, 1967
- TERRI LEIGH HINESPrivate First Class · July 2, 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.