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ROBERT LYNNE LONG
Captain · U.S. Air Force
April 23, 1939 – December 22, 1967
Service recordRobert Lynne Long, of Plymouth, Indiana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 22, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 45
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 23, 1939
- Home of record
- Plymouth, Indiana (Marshall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 45
- HARRY WADE HORTON JRSecond Lieutenant · December 22, 1967
- STANLEY ROBERT HUTCHISONSpecialist Four · December 22, 1967
- STEVEN WAYNE MUELLERLance Corporal · December 22, 1967
- PETER E NARVARTE JRCaptain · December 22, 1967
From Plymouth
- GLENN AIREN PRANGERStaff Sergeant · July 2, 1968
- TERRY WAYNE DICKERHOFFSpecialist Five · April 1, 1969
- MARVIN LEE DIPERTPrivate First Class · July 18, 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.