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ROBERT WESLEY KERR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 7, 1951 – October 2, 1970
Service recordRobert Wesley Kerr, of Chandler, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 106
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 7, 1951
- Home of record
- Chandler, Indiana (Warrick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 106
- BENNETT JOSEPH DAIGLESergeant · October 2, 1970
- KENNETH ODELL DICKSONSergeant · October 2, 1970
- ROBERT IRA GARCIAPrivate First Class · October 2, 1970
- GEORGE RUSSELL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · October 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES THOMAS MORINSpecialist Five · Panel 7W, Line 107
- KARL WILLIAM TITUSSpecialist Five · Panel 7W, Line 108
- MICHAEL GENE WARNICKSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 108
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.