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ROBERT LEE KASTER
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 28, 1943 – March 21, 1967
Service recordRobert Lee Kaster, of Kirksville, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 10
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 28, 1943
- Home of record
- Kirksville, Missouri (Adair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
95 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1967; 22 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 10
- MILES JOSEPH MCLOUGHLINSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- PHILIP AARON MCNINCHPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- GARLAND ANDREW NEWHOUSESpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- DANIEL JAMES NEWMAN JRCorporal · March 21, 1967
- GERMAN LEE NICHOLSONSpecialist Five · March 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CARL THOMAS ANTHONYSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 127
- JUAN PASCUA AVILES-AVILESSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 128
- GUYE RAYMOND BENSONSergeant · Panel 16E, Line 129
- SCOTT CANNON BOWCUTTPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 129
- JOSEPH CHAMPIONSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 130
- TIMOTHY EASLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 1
- JAMES HARVEY HOPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 5
- DENNIS KLINESpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 6
- WILLIAM EDWARD LUNDPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 7
- MICHAEL G SUDBOROUGHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 17E, Line 7
- HENRY ROBERT MATTHEWSSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 8
- JOHNNIE MURRAY MAYOPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 8
- LEWIS EDWARD MILAMCorporal · Panel 17E, Line 8
- THOMAS FRANCIS MINOGUEPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 8
- DAVID EUGENE MCLEMORESergeant · Panel 17E, Line 9
- THOMAS JOSEPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 17E, Line 9
- DANIEL JAMES NEWMAN JRCorporal · Panel 17E, Line 10
- JOHN WILLIAM ODIERNOSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 11
- PERCIE EDWARD OWENSSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 11
- ROBERT HARVEY REINKECorporal · Panel 17E, Line 12
- ROGER DUANE ROSEBERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 13
- DENNIS BERNARD STOCKWELLCorporal · Panel 17E, Line 14
- HAYZELL CALVIN TURNERSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 15
From Kirksville
- WILLIAM MICHAEL HARPERSecond Lieutenant · September 17, 1967
- GARY L GRISSOMSpecialist Four · October 25, 1967
- LESTER LEE WILLIAMSPetty Officer Third Class · December 23, 1967
- LARRY EDWIN CROWSergeant · October 11, 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.