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ROBERT THOMAS KOEHLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 14, 1949 – April 27, 1970
Service recordRobert Thomas Koehler, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 59
- LARRY JOSEPH LONCONSpecialist Four · April 27, 1970
- RANDALL WAYNE LOVEPrivate First Class · April 27, 1970
- GERALD EUGENE MCKAYLieutenant Colonel · April 27, 1970
- STANLEY JOSEPH MILLER JRWarrant Officer 1 · April 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DELBERT EUGENE HALLSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 58
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.