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ROBERT THOMAS KISER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 6, 1950 – March 10, 1971
Service recordRobert Thomas Kiser, of West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1971, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 6, 1950
- Home of record
- West Mifflin, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1971. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 35
- BRUCE HUPPERT HEILSergeant · March 10, 1971
- KEVIN CLINTON KRAMERCorporal · March 10, 1971
- RICHARD DANCY MILLERSpecialist Four · March 10, 1971
- ROGER MELVIN PISACRETAChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- BRUCE HUPPERT HEILSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 35
- CURTIS RICHARD SMOOTSergeant First Class · Panel 4W, Line 36
From West Mifflin
- SAMUEL DONALD AMANTEASpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- PATRICK KEITH HANNONPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH CHALLENERCorporal · January 5, 1969
- RONALD LEE HARRISCorporal · January 19, 1969
- LEROY BERNARD MUDDSeaman · June 29, 1970
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.