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ROBERT PATRICK KEMER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 15, 1947 – September 22, 1968
Service recordRobert Patrick Kemer, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 63
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 63
- JAMES RAYMOND HOCKETTFirst Lieutenant · September 22, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH HOUSTONCorporal · September 22, 1968
- LARRY DEAN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · September 22, 1968
- CHARLES FREDERICK KUHLMANNMajor · September 22, 1968
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.