The Wall › Panel 27W › Maryland › Robert Paul Roehmer
ROBERT PAUL ROEHMER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 11, 1947 – April 16, 1969
Service recordRobert Paul Roehmer, of Kingsville, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 97
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Kingsville, Maryland (Baltimore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 97
- WILLIAM MICHAEL KONYUWarrant Officer 1 · April 16, 1969
- ROBERT LOUIS RODGERSSpecialist Five · April 16, 1969
- ROBERT W SATTERFIELDWarrant Officer 1 · April 16, 1969
- FREDRICK STANLEY SHAVELSpecialist Four · April 16, 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.