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Troopers of the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, make a combat assault, December 1966.
Troopers of the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, make a combat assault, December 1966. Photo: SP5 Charles V. Hoover, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Robert Roger Allmers.

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ROBERT ROGER ALLMERS

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

March 10, 1947 – December 10, 1969

Service record

Robert Roger Allmers, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 10, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 15W · Line 45

Position of Panel 15W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
Unit (as recorded)
1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
Born
March 10, 1947
Home of record
Oshkosh, Wisconsin (Winnebago County)

Casualty

Date of death
December 10, 1969
Age
22
Province
Tay Ninh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 15W, Line 45

From Oshkosh

All 21 names from Oshkosh →

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.