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ROBERT P CASPERSEN II
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 11, 1943 – November 15, 1967
Service recordRobert P Caspersen II, of Madison, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 98
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 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 11, 1943
- Home of record
- Madison, Wisconsin (Dane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 98
- RANDALL DALE SHAFFERFirst Lieutenant · November 14, 1967
- MANUEL SILVALance Corporal · November 14, 1967
- STEPHEN H THORNTONWarrant Officer 1 · November 14, 1967
- GERARD MICHAEL WYNNMajor · November 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ORVILLE CAUDILLSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 99
- DAVID IRA HARNERSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 100
- WILLIAM GEORGE NUEBEL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 101
- WILLIAM DONN PETERSENPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 29E, Line 102
- JOHNNY ALLEN SIGURDSONSecond Lieutenant · Panel 29E, Line 102
- WALTER A TASHNERSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 102
- ROBERT ALLEN WELLER IICorporal · Panel 29E, Line 103
- FRANK A WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 103
From Madison
- ROSCOE AMMERMANStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1965
- JEAN PIERRE DOWLINGLance Corporal · January 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BANOVEZ JRCorporal · July 18, 1966
- WILLY VASCILLE QUASTStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1967
- THOMAS ERWIN MATUSHPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN THOMAMajor · January 12, 1967
- LEONARD DEAN THOMPSONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1967
- GORDON WAYNE STOFLETLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- VERNON GENE STICHSpecialist Four · August 7, 1967
- MARK WILLARD NEUMANNSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
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.