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Robert Wollheim

AKA: Bob Wollheim; Robert Douglas Wollheim
Released
Date of death:21. 09. 2019
Gender:Male
Era:1960s
State:Oregon
Support
Vietnam War resistance
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Biography

Robert Wollheim was a Vietnam War draft resister who refused induction in Portland in May 1968. He was imprisoned in 1969, later became a lawyer and served on the Oregon Court of Appeals.

Case

Charges: Refusal of military induction
Incarcerated: 1969
Sentence: Eighteen-month sentence for refusing induction. His oral history describes less than five months in custody in 1969, including Los Angeles County Jail and Safford, Arizona. Exact custody endpoints remain unverified.