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ROBERT OTTO EDER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 13, 1947 – November 29, 1969
Service recordRobert Otto Eder, of Fremont, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 3
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Fremont, Ohio (Sandusky County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 3
- PAUL BRIAN BENOITSergeant · November 29, 1969
- DENNIS DEAN BOGLEWarrant Officer 1 · November 29, 1969
- RICHARD HOWARD BOISEPrivate First Class · November 29, 1969
- ROBERT STEVEN CLEMENTSPrivate First Class · November 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RAY FRANK LONGFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15W, Line 6
- CLYDE EUGENE THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 8
From Fremont
- GARY LEE GABELSergeant · February 2, 1968
- DUANE HAROLD SNYDERSergeant First Class · February 27, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT BURKEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- HARRY LYNNE HUMMELSergeant · June 1, 1968
- JEFFREY LEE BEARDPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- KENNARD ERROL SVANOEFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1969
- ROBERT FLORES JRCorporal · October 10, 1969
- RONALD EUGENE YOUNGPrivate First Class · February 24, 1970
- DARRELD EDWARD FISHERStaff Sergeant · April 26, 1970
- JOHN WILLIAM CONRADSpecialist Four · November 14, 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.