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ROBERT JOSEPH KEIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 19, 1949 – July 29, 1969
Service recordRobert Joseph Kein, of Rutherford, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 71
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Communications Electronics Equipment Mechanic (31B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- May 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Rutherford, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 71
- JOHN EDWIN HISEYCorporal · July 29, 1969
- FRED MICHAEL KERNSLance Corporal · July 29, 1969
- JAMES CARL KOTRCMajor · July 29, 1969
- JAMES ALFORD LANDRUMSergeant · July 29, 1969
From Rutherford
- DAVID SHIELDSSergeant · March 5, 1966
- ROBERT CAROVILLANOSecond Lieutenant · March 25, 1967
- MALCOLM FAIRCHILD TASSEYFirst Lieutenant · July 2, 1967
- LANNY WILLIAM PHIPPSLance Corporal · December 7, 1968
- WAYNE HOWARD RUSSELLSpecialist Four · March 31, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL WINTERSSpecialist Four · 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.