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ROBERT LOUIS HARTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 14, 1947 – March 2, 1969
Service recordRobert Louis Harter, of Palm Bay, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Palm Bay, Florida (Brevard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1969; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 13
- FRANK PAUL EVANGELISTALance Corporal · March 2, 1969
- DAVID GOMEZ-BADILLOCorporal · March 2, 1969
- DAVID LAWRENCE GUILLENPrivate First Class · March 2, 1969
- ROBERT LYNN HEINMILLERSpecialist Five · March 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH LENORD BIDDLESergeant · Panel 30W, Line 10
- PETER ALFRED DUPERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 11
- ANTONIO MENDEZ GARCIAPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 12
- MICHAEL DALE HYATTSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 12
- GEORGE HENRY RIPLIEStaff Sergeant · Panel 30W, Line 15
- THOMAS DONALD THOMPSON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 15
- HAROLD JOHN SMITHSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 16
From Palm Bay
- CHARLES F THOMAS IVCaptain · April 8, 1971
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.