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ROBERT PAUL ACHER JR
Captain · U.S. Air Force
July 1, 1942 – September 1, 1969
Service recordRobert Paul Acher JR, of Greensburg, Indiana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 1, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 18
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 1, 1942
- Home of record
- Greensburg, Indiana (Decatur County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1969; eight of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 18
- WILLIAM CARRELL WEAVERSergeant First Class · August 31, 1969
- MARK STEVEN WITTPrivate First Class · August 31, 1969
- WILLIE WARNIE ALLEYTechnical Sergeant · September 1, 1969
- KENT STUART ANDERSONFirst Lieutenant · September 1, 1969
From Greensburg
- PATRICK ALAN SHUTTERSFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1968
- JACK RAY DANCEPrivate First Class · January 18, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD HASHCorporal · May 21, 1969
- JAMES RALPH MORROWPrivate First Class · September 9, 1969
- KENNETH BERNARD LUTTELCorporal · June 2, 1970
- JAMES RICHARD POWELLCorporal · June 17, 1970
- RICKY ALAN PATEPrivate First Class · October 13, 1971
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.