PERSINGER ROBERT MORRISON

Name: WO1 Robert Morrison Persinger
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 04/22/1971 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 22.0
Date of Birth: 04/10/1949
Home City: Alderson, WV
Service: AV branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: 175 AHC
Major organization: USARV
Flight class: 70-29
Service: AV branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 03W-002
Short Summary: On assault in IV ship lift south of Can To caught a ricochet round. Died 3 weeks later in hospital in Siagon.
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 1981 = 19 Rotary Wing Aviator (Unit Commander)
Primary cause: Ricochet Round
Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea
Compliment cause: small arms fire
Vehicle involved: helicopter
Position in vehicle: pilot
Vehicle ownership: government
Started Tour: 10/17/1970
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - pilot
The initial status of this person was: hostile wounded in action - very serious hospitalization
Length of service: *
Location: An Xugen Province IV Corps.
Military grid coordinates of event: VR873716
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Hostile - died of wounds
married male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Baptist - other groups
The following information secondary, but may help in explaining this incident.
Category of casualty as defined by the Army: battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: warrant officer
This record was last updated on 02/21/1994

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Date posted on this site: 09/07/2007