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ROBERT PFEISTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 23, 1947 – January 10, 1968
Service recordRobert Pfeister, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 24
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 57 AVN CO 52 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1968; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “57 AVN CO 52 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 24
- HARRY PRESTON MCFALLSFirst Lieutenant · January 10, 1968
- DAVID EARL MCGLOCHLINPetty Officer Third Class · January 10, 1968
- JEFFREY PEREZSergeant · January 10, 1968
- HENRY LEE PRATHER IIIPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANDRES ARMANDO R GOMEZPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 18
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 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.