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ROBERT LEONARD WEHUNT
Captain · U.S. Army
June 18, 1947 – December 23, 1969
Service recordRobert Leonard Wehunt, of Lincolnton, North Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 88
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 159 AVN BN 101 ABN DIV
- Born
- June 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Lincolnton, North Carolina (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1969; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Read the history
Also on Panel 15W, Line 88
- EDWARD LEROY ROGERSSergeant First Class · December 23, 1969
- GERALD ROBERT WADESergeant First Class · December 23, 1969
- TIMOTHY CHAMPREAUX WHITEFirst Lieutenant · December 23, 1969
- ALFRED LACY WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · December 23, 1969
From Lincolnton
- RALPH R SMITHWarrant Officer 1 · June 13, 1966
- FRANK REGINALD CAUTHENCorporal · July 12, 1968
- WILLIAM SPENCER SIGMON JRCorporal · May 1, 1970
- DENNIS LEE DAVESSergeant · September 13, 1970
- CARL EUGENE OWENSSpecialist Four · October 30, 1970
- PAUL HENDERSON LAWING JRSergeant · June 14, 1972
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.