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ROBERT LEE KETELAAR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 7, 1949 – August 22, 1969
Service recordRobert Lee Ketelaar, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 95
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1969; seven of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 95
- PETER ALAN KIDDSpecialist Four · August 22, 1969
- MOSES IWANE KUAHIWINUI JRSpecialist Four · August 22, 1969
- ADREN ANDREW LEEPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
- ROBERT DEAN LINGLECorporal · August 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL TERRY BOATSpecialist Five · Panel 19W, Line 91
- BARRETT CHAMBERLAND BROWNWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 19W, Line 91
- CURTIS PAUL CHALLBERGFirst Lieutenant · Panel 19W, Line 91
- ARTHUR HARRY JOHNSONSpecialist Five · Panel 19W, Line 94
- MOSES IWANE KUAHIWINUI JRSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 95
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.