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ROBIN KIRMEYER WETZLER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 19, 1946 – July 10, 1969
Service recordRobin Kirmeyer Wetzler, of Ogden, Utah, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 96
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- September 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Ogden, Utah (Weber County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 96
- ALEXANDER JOHN URBAN JRPrivate First Class · July 10, 1969
- OSCAR LEE WHITEStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1969
- MALCOLM D WHITING IIIPrivate First Class · July 10, 1969
- RICHARD HARRY WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · July 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ALLEN CERESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 21W, Line 92
From Ogden
- DARREL L PRICESpecialist Four · January 10, 1967
- LYNN ELMO HUNTERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- RANDOLPH BUCK WARDPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- RONALD LEE JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · April 10, 1967
- VERNE DEWITT JOHNSON IIIPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- JOSEPH GARY VOGRINECPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- ROBERT KENT HORSPOOLPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- BRENT F WARDLance Corporal · May 6, 1968
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK BONDFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1968
- FRANKLIN JOE HINERCaptain · June 25, 1968
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.