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ROBERT RAYMOND JACKEMEYER
Major · U.S. Army
February 23, 1933 – December 23, 1967
Service recordRobert Raymond Jackemeyer, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1967, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 23, 1933
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 51
- HOUSTON GRANT JRStaff Sergeant · December 23, 1967
- EUGENE HOWARD HARRIMANStaff Sergeant · December 23, 1967
- DUDLEY CARROLL HUGHES JRSeaman · December 23, 1967
- LEE BENJAMIN ZOELLERPrivate First Class · December 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD E BOURNECaptain · Panel 32E, Line 49
- HUGH GREY WILLARDSergeant · Panel 32E, Line 50
- HOUSTON GRANT JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 32E, Line 51
- BOBBY JOE LAWRENCESergeant First Class · Panel 32E, Line 54
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.