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ROBERT LARRY WESKAMP
Captain · U.S. Air Force
July 4, 1942 – April 25, 1967
Service recordRobert Larry Weskamp, of Arvada, Colorado, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 25, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- July 4, 1942
- Home of record
- Arvada, Colorado (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 84
- EARNEST LEE COXStaff Sergeant · April 25, 1967
- DICK DAVIS CULVERSergeant · April 25, 1967
- GARY LEE DOOSEPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- TERRANCE DONALD FRYESpecialist Four · April 25, 1967
From Arvada
- DAVID LAWRENCE MANNINGLance Corporal · August 4, 1966
- RONALD WYATT ADAMSPrivate First Class · January 23, 1968
- DOUGLAS BLANCHARD PARSONSPetty Officer Third Class · March 18, 1968
- GERALD JOHN BRATRSOVSKYLance Corporal · March 28, 1969
- DAVID LAVERNE GIRARDOLance Corporal · May 3, 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.