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An airman lights a candle during POW/MIA recognition week at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina.
An airman lights a candle during POW/MIA recognition week at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Photo: A1C Aaron Jenne, U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Robert Page Rosenbach.

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ROBERT PAGE ROSENBACH

Major · U.S. Air Force

August 23, 1941 – March 5, 1970

Service record

Robert Page Rosenbach, of Kirkwood, Missouri, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on March 5, 1970, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 13W · Line 86

Position of Panel 13W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Major (MAJ)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Pilot (1115B)
Unit (as recorded)
308 TFS 31 TFW
Born
August 23, 1941
Home of record
Kirkwood, Missouri (St Louis County)

Casualty

Date of loss
March 5, 1970
Province
Phu Yen
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Declared Dead
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew
First reported
Missing in action
Remains
Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record

Context · from the records

What was happening

16 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.

Also on Panel 13W, Line 86

From Kirkwood

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.