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ROBERT PAUL KETTERING
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 19, 1945 – April 2, 1970
Service recordRobert Paul Kettering, of Canton, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 82
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Canton, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1970; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 82
- DAVID MICHAEL KESTERSONPrivate First Class · April 2, 1970
- ORVILLE EUGENE KITCHEN JRSecond Lieutenant · April 2, 1970
- RONALD VICTOR KOLBFirst Lieutenant · April 2, 1970
- HAROLD JOHN MCDONALDSpecialist Four · April 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL EDWARD BORGESSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 78
- DONALD EDWARD CHAMBERSCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 79
- SPENCER ALAN GOETHECorporal · Panel 12W, Line 80
- LARRY GRAVESCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 80
- DENNIS NEWMAN PIPKINCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 83
From Canton
- JAMES PRESTON COATSSergeant · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM HAROLD BORDNERLieutenant Colonel · February 16, 1966
- PAUL ALLEN HAINESLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- JURIS PUDULSSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- RONALD K GRAYLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- FRANK PAUL HUDAKPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD MASTERSSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
- THOMAS RALPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · November 6, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BORGERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- JAMES NELSON WYMERPrivate First Class · December 15, 1966
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.