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ROBERT JOHN SOMMERER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 5, 1945 – March 9, 1967
Service recordRobert John Sommerer, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 49
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 5, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 145 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 49
- WOODROW JOHN MUELLERSpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
- MICHAEL FORRESTER STEARNSStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1967
- GUS STOVALL JRPrivate · March 9, 1967
- LARRY JONATHAN WADDELLSpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE JOSEPH BOJARSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 43
- CHARLES PAUL BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 43
- EDWARD JAMES HABUREYSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 45
- AMBROSIOS SANTIAGO JURADOStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 45
- RICHARD ALAN JURCAKPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 45
- LLOYD MARTIN KUEHNSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 46
- JOHN MONTAGUE MANSFIELDPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 47
- ANGEL ORTIZ-RODRIGUEZSergeant · Panel 16E, Line 47
- OSCAR WAYNE PIERCESpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 47
- JOHN HOWARD ROTHPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 48
- GUS STOVALL JRPrivate · Panel 16E, Line 49
- LARRY JONATHAN WADDELLSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 49
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.