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ROBERT PAUL AHERN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 19, 1942 – March 30, 1969
Service recordRobert Paul Ahern, of Laconia, New Hampshire, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 30, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 89
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 37 INF PLT 82 ABN DIV
- Born
- March 19, 1942
- Home of record
- Laconia, New Hampshire (Belknap County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 89
- ARTHUR MILTON BRADBERRYSergeant First Class · March 30, 1969
- BRET FLETCHER CRANDALLSpecialist Four · March 30, 1969
- DANIEL JOSEPH CURRANCorporal · March 30, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER L DELLAPINACorporal · March 30, 1969
From Laconia
- JAY ALLEN HURDPrivate First Class · September 1, 1966
- PETER WHITCOMB MORRISONFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1967
- JONATHAN CHARLE WHITTICOMLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- DAVID A KREITZERChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 2, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES PLOURDECorporal · May 28, 1968
- GARY ROY SMITHSpecialist Four · April 27, 1969
- JAMES EVERETT SAWYER JRCorporal · June 14, 1969
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.