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ROBERT ALLAN FEDEROWSKI
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 22, 1948 – May 24, 1968
Service recordRobert Allan Federowski, of Lansing, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 24, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 68E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 68E · Line 1
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Lansing, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1968; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 68E, Line 1
- ANTHONY ALBERT DISCEPOLOLance Corporal · May 24, 1968
- MELVIN DIVENSPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- FRANK GEORGE EAVESPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- RICHARD CARL FINAHospitalman · May 24, 1968
From Lansing
- RONALD LEE BEUSTERCorporal · February 4, 1966
- RICHARD GLEN SCHROEDERPetty Officer Third Class · July 14, 1966
- CHARLES LEE KELLERSpecialist Four · March 27, 1967
- ALBERT C BROSEWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1967
- DANNY JOSEPH CORRIGANCorporal · August 20, 1967
- GENE LEWIS WHITESergeant · April 3, 1969
- ANDREW ROBERT SABOPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- DONALD GENE DISSELKOENCorporal · June 5, 1969
- THEODORE ALLEN TROCKSpecialist Four · September 19, 1969
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.
