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ROBERT WARNER KURTZ
Major · U.S. Army
March 6, 1935 – June 25, 1967
Service recordRobert Warner Kurtz, of Culver, Indiana, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Nuclear Weapons Employment Specialist, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (52162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 6, 1935
- Home of record
- Culver, Indiana (Marshall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 62
- THOMAS CHARLES GUDENPrivate First Class · June 25, 1967
- CARL EUGENE HOLBROOKSpecialist Four · June 25, 1967
- ANDREW JOHNSONSpecialist Four · June 25, 1967
- OREN KENNETH MILLERSergeant · June 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALFRED WALKER MURPHYCaptain · Panel 22E, Line 63
From Culver
- DALE ALLEN PENNINGTONLance Corporal · September 1, 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.