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ROBERT LABUDDE ASMUTH JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 29, 1948 – July 26, 1970
Service recordRobert Labudde Asmuth JR, of Montclair, New Jersey, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 54
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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)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Montclair, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 54
- WILLIAM DONALD CHAMBLEECorporal · July 26, 1970
- WALTER WADE HAMILTONSpecialist Four · July 26, 1970
- ROY EDWARD HARRISSpecialist Four · July 26, 1970
- CHARLES E HARRISON JRSergeant · July 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM DONALD CHAMBLEECorporal · Panel 8W, Line 54
- CHARLES E HARRISON JRSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 54
- RONALD JOSEPH SCHAAFSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 56
From Montclair
- JAMES LUTHER RICKSPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- DONALD WILLIAM BRUCH JRFirst Lieutenant · April 29, 1966
- LEWIS HERBERT ABRAMSColonel · November 25, 1967
- RICHARD LEE CARLSONCorporal · December 28, 1967
- JOHNNIE BEE ESPYCorporal · June 7, 1968
- HUGH COYLEStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1968
- DAVID BRUCE FREEDLance Corporal · September 19, 1968
- BRUCE SEARIGHT MCFADYENLieutenant · January 17, 1969
- ALFRED BARNESLieutenant Colonel · May 12, 1969
- LAWRENCE COPPEDGESpecialist Four · June 10, 1969
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.