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MARVIN KENT ROBERTSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 8, 1948 – June 25, 1968
Service recordMarvin Kent Robertson, of Butte, Montana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 25, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 37
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- June 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Butte, Montana (Silver Bow County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 37
- JOE FRANCISCO PEREZ JRCorporal · June 25, 1968
- ROBERT POWELLSpecialist Four · June 25, 1968
- PHILLIP ROGERSSpecialist Five · June 25, 1968
- ARVI ROHTVALIWarrant Officer 1 · June 25, 1968
From Butte
- JOSEPH E PARKER JRMajor · June 30, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN JANHUNENPrivate First Class · September 2, 1966
- RAYMOND DALE HOERNERSpecialist Four · January 10, 1967
- WESTON HENRY REECECorporal · January 13, 1967
- RONALD GREGORY BABICHCaptain · June 2, 1967
- DENNIS WAYNE SONSTENGPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM CAWLEYSeaman · March 14, 1968
- FLORIAN J ZAHNStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1968
- GREGORY PHILLIP HELSLEYPetty Officer Second Class · July 23, 1968
- RAYMOND GEORGE KRISKOVICHSpecialist Four · August 10, 1968
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.