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ROBERT LOUIS ZWERLEIN
Airman · U.S. Navy
June 19, 1946 – August 1, 1967
Service recordRobert Louis Zwerlein, of Port Washington, New York, served as an Airman in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 1, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Airman (AN)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Airman (AN)
- Born
- June 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Port Washington, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 65
- WILLIAM OVERTON WINSTONCorporal · August 1, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE WOODSONCaptain · August 1, 1967
- RAYMOND LAWRENCE ABBOTTCorporal · August 2, 1967
From Port Washington
- WILLIAM ALFRED POLCHOWSergeant · January 23, 1968
- DAVIS JAMES BOARDMANSecond Lieutenant · February 1, 1968
- RICHARD HAROLD FERGUSONCorporal · June 14, 1968
- ROBERT HENRY ALDRICHFirst Lieutenant · December 27, 1971
- FRANCIS A TRINCHITELLASpecialist Four · December 21, 1969
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.