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ROBIN BERN CASSELL
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
December 6, 1941 – July 15, 1967
Service recordRobin Bern Cassell, of Ft Huachuca, Arizona, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 15, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 74
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 152 USS ORISKANY CVA 34
- Born
- December 6, 1941
- Home of record
- Ft Huachuca, Arizona (Cochise County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 23E, Line 74
- JOHN PATRICK COLLOPYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
- DONALD JACK CROCKERMajor · July 15, 1967
- GERALD EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
- ROBERT KEEFE DWYERFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1967
From Ft Huachuca
- ROBERT PAUL SANTORSergeant · September 24, 1966
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.