My mother was adopted in Ft Wayne Indiana, in 1956, we have recently started to inquire about her biological family. The only solid information we think we have is that she had a brother that died in war. His name was Harley. This is some of the most informative information that I could find on him. If you have any idea please help me. Thank you. Jordan

Name: 2LT Lynn Harley Rothenbuhler
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 12/28/1963 while performing the duty of Aircraft Commander.
Age at death: 29.1
Date of Birth: 11/18/1934
Home City: Ft Wayne, IN
Service: AR branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: 118 AML
Major organization: other
Service: AR branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 01E-039
Short Summary: Flying as gunner pilot in left supporting a slick ship outpost insertion south of My Tho.
Aircraft: UH-1B
Service number: O2304707
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 1981 = 19 Rotary Wing Aviator (Unit Commander)
Primary cause: Hostile Fire
Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea
Compliment cause: small arms fire
Vehicle involved: helicopter
Position in vehicle: co-pilot
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - other aircrew
Length of service: 10
Location: Unknown Province
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Hostile - killed
married male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Presbyterian
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 05/25/1998