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DANIEL EDWIN STROBBE
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
March 8, 1949 – May 7, 1968
Service recordDaniel Edwin Strobbe, of San Jose, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 32
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 8, 1949
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 32
- ARTHUR WAYNE SMITHSergeant · May 7, 1968
- MICHAEL ANTHONY SMITHLance Corporal · May 7, 1968
- DONALD ANTHONY TESTACorporal · May 7, 1968
- JOHN R THORNHILL IIIPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 1966
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.