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ROBERT RAYMOND ECKER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 9, 1945 – February 5, 1967
Service recordRobert Raymond Ecker, of Springdale, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 123
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Springdale, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1967; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 14E, Line 123
- ROBERT JAMES ELGAARDCaptain · February 5, 1967
- HENRY ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · February 5, 1967
- MICHAEL AYR LOWERYPrivate First Class · February 5, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD PAULSergeant · February 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- IRA JAMES SPITTLER IIISpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 125
From Springdale
- DAVID ALAN SIEMONCorporal · March 30, 1967
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.