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ROBERT WILLIAM KUHN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 14, 1942 – February 22, 1970
Service recordRobert William Kuhn, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 45
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Born
- November 14, 1942
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1970; two of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 45
- MARK ARDELL JENEWEINSergeant · February 22, 1970
- LISTON RAPHEAL LEONARDPrivate · February 22, 1970
- FREDERICK ERIC LEOPOLDPrivate First Class · February 22, 1970
- JACKIE LEE LEWALLENPrivate First Class · February 22, 1970
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.