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ROBERT JOHN LOEHLEIN JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 13, 1947 – September 25, 1968
Service recordRobert John Loehlein JR, of New Hope, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 12
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 13, 1947
- Home of record
- New Hope, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1968; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 12
- DONNELL HOWARDLance Corporal · September 25, 1968
- JOHN ALLEN JENKINS IIISergeant · September 25, 1968
- TERRY JAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 25, 1968
- HARRY LEROY MAYESSpecialist Four · September 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ERNEST LEROY ROWESergeant · Panel 42W, Line 10
- HERBERT POK DONG CHOStaff Sergeant · Panel 42W, Line 13
- DAVID THOMAS SEATONSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 13
From New Hope
- STEVEN CRAIG BURNSPrivate First Class · May 15, 1971
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.