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ROBERT A MCLOUGHLIN JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 21, 1946 – June 19, 1968
Service recordRobert A McLoughlin JR, of Knoxville, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · 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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- November 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 37
- CHARLES ANTHONY MCKINNEYSpecialist Four · June 19, 1968
- PAUL LAVERNE OAKES JRFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1968
- LARRY REX OLSONPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- GERALD ARTHUR PHILLIPSSpecialist Six · June 19, 1968
From Knoxville
- GARY D SMITHPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WAYNE THOMAS LONGPrivate · December 27, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · January 30, 1966
- TOMMY EDWARD HILLPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD LUMLEYSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · April 1, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM WOOLIVERLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 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.