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ROBERT MORRISON PERSINGER
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
April 10, 1949 – April 22, 1971
Service recordRobert Morrison Persinger, of Alderson, West Virginia, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1971, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 2
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Alderson, West Virginia (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1971; he was the only one lost in An Xugen Province that day. In April 1971, 292 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 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 2
- WILLIAM ESLEY WOOD JRMajor · April 21, 1971
- LOUIS ARTHUR YUGELSpecialist Four · April 21, 1971
- WILLIAM DAVID HOLMESSpecialist Five · April 22, 1971
- DENNIS ALAN JENKINSPrivate First Class · April 22, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM DAVID HOLMESSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 2
- DENNIS ALAN JENKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 2
- TERRY E SCHWARTZSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 3
- ROBERT B YOUNGSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 3
From Alderson
- ANDREW STARRETT PIERCE JRCorporal · November 7, 1970
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.