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ROBERT JOHN MERCER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 14, 1944 – August 30, 1968
Service recordRobert John Mercer, of Brookline, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 8
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Brookline, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1968; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 8
- GARY WAYNE MORGANSpecialist Four · August 30, 1968
- PEDRO JUAN TOMAS MOTASpecialist Four · August 30, 1968
- DANIEL JOSEPH MURPHYPetty Officer Third Class · August 30, 1968
- MARVIN RUSSELL PARKERCorporal · August 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES COLON BAXTERSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 4
- GARY LYNN KLINGLERSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 7
- TOBIAS EARL MARKUSENPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 7
- MARVIN RUSSELL PARKERCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 8
- GARY GENE RODGERSCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 9
- JORGE ALVARADO SILVASSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 10
- WILLIAM EDWARD WOLFE JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 45W, Line 11
From Brookline
- DANA E BRANNWarrant Officer 1 · November 16, 1965
- DAVID J WAXFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1965
- STERLING AIDEN WALLFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1967
- DAVID LOWELL SIMONStaff Sergeant · January 4, 1968
- ARTHUR PATRICK MURPHY JRLance Corporal · July 20, 1968
- DENNIS CONRYPrivate First Class · April 30, 1969
- DEVERTON C COCHRANESergeant First Class · June 17, 1970
- ROBERT DOUGLAS HAUERCaptain · September 5, 1970
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.