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ROBERT KEEFE DWYER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 28, 1943 – July 15, 1967
Service recordRobert Keefe Dwyer, of Stamford, Connecticut, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 28, 1943
- Home of record
- Stamford, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1967; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 74
- ROBIN BERN CASSELLLieutenant (junior grade) · July 15, 1967
- JOHN PATRICK COLLOPYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
- DONALD JACK CROCKERMajor · July 15, 1967
- GERALD EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
From Stamford
- ALFONS ALOYZE BANKOWSKIStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1961
- RICHARD EDWARD BROADHURSTPrivate First Class · August 4, 1965
- STUART MERRILL ANDREWSColonel · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM BREWSTER NICKERSONLieutenant (junior grade) · April 22, 1966
- KENT ELLSWORTH GANDYMajor · August 13, 1966
- JAMES ALLAN BRANSONLance Corporal · September 10, 1966
- RICHARD RICHCaptain · May 19, 1967
- DUNCAN HARTWELL FLEMINGSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
- FERGUS FRANCIS CONNORS JRCorporal · June 11, 1967
- ROGER ROBERT CAUTHERNCorporal · November 8, 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.