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ROBERT LOUIS HORST
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
June 20, 1950 – April 7, 1972
Service recordRobert Louis Horst, of Springfield, Missouri, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1972, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 131
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- June 20, 1950
- Home of record
- Springfield, Missouri (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1972
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1972; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In April 1972, 106 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
He died in Binh Long Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 131
- THOMAS EARL DUNLOPCommander · April 6, 1972
- ROY DEWITT PRATERTechnical Sergeant · April 6, 1972
- JOE DAVID HUDSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 7, 1972
From Springfield
- SHEPHEN HIETT PHILLIPSSergeant · July 18, 1965
- WILBERT CLAUDE DAVISSergeant · October 12, 1965
- DAVID MARSHALL KNIGHTSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- DOUGLAS BLAKE HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
- JACK EUGENE GOSS IIPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- RANDALL KERWIN RUSSELLSergeant · July 6, 1967
- ROBERT DEAN CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- JAMES DOYLE STOKESPrivate · November 30, 1967
- CHARLES KIRBY WILCOXCaptain · January 9, 1968
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.