Name: MAJ Evart Eugene Robeson
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 11/22/1967 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Died 3 days later on 11/25/1967.
Age at death: 35.8
Date of Birth: 02/03/1932
Home City: Rapid City, SD
Service: IN branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: 187 AHC, 269 CAB
Major organization: other
Service: IN branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 30E-086
Aircraft: UH-1D tail number 66-00925
Service number: O4057376
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 1981 = 19 Rotary Wing Aviator (Unit Commander)
Compliment cause: weapons
Started Tour: 09/27/1967
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - other aircrew
Length of service: 12
Location: Tay Ninh Province III Corps.
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Hostile - died of wounds
single male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Lutheran (Missouri Synod)
Burial information: BLACK HILLS NATIONAL CEMETERY, STURGIS SD
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: officer
This record was last updated on 04/26/2002
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