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ROBERT LUDECKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 23, 1947 – May 8, 1967
Service recordRobert Ludecker, of Baldwin, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 62
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Uh-60 Helicopter Repairer (67T)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Baldwin, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 62
- JOHN EDWARD LANINGPetty Officer Third Class · May 8, 1967
- JAMES LEROY LESTER JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- DURAND GARFIELD LIGGETTPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- JESUS MARIO LIMONESPrivate · May 8, 1967
From Baldwin
- KENNETH M RORABACKMaster Sergeant · November 24, 1963
- ARTHUR GLIDDENSergeant First Class · November 9, 1966
- RICHARD WALKER HARPERFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1968
- PETER HERMAN HEISSENBUTTELSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- ANTHONY ALFRED GIRETTISecond Lieutenant · March 19, 1969
- CHARLES MICHAEL REEDSergeant · September 10, 1970
- GEORGE WILLIAM MAINARDYSergeant · April 15, 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.