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ROBERT LESTER LONG
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
December 31, 1939 – April 29, 1971
Service recordRobert Lester Long, of Wilmington, Ohio, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1971, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 18
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 31, 1939
- Home of record
- Wilmington, Ohio (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1971
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1971; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 18
- WILLIAM GEORGE HASSELMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 29, 1971
- ALBERT MCCOY JRStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1971
- DENNIS EDWARD MORGANCaptain · April 29, 1971
- PATRICK OREILLY ORRStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LEE EVANSChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 3W, Line 17
- WILLIAM GEORGE HASSELMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 3W, Line 18
- PATRICK OREILLY ORRStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 18
From Wilmington
- RALPH HOWARD LIVESAYPrivate First Class · April 15, 1966
- LARRY ALLEN FAULKNERCorporal · May 17, 1967
- RICKY GENE INLOWSergeant · April 9, 1968
- DAVID LYNN ANDREWSLance Corporal · August 29, 1968
- DAVID JAMES CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · August 22, 1970
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.