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ROBERT ALLEN MARSH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 20, 1949 – September 1, 1969
Service recordRobert Allen Marsh, of Binghamton, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 1, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 20
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Binghamton, New York (Broome County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1969; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 20
- JULIAN ESCOBEDO JRLance Corporal · September 1, 1969
- LIBERO CHARLES HANDELSergeant · September 1, 1969
- GEORGE DEWEY HUTCHESONSergeant · September 1, 1969
- ALBERT CAYRL MCBRIDETechnical Sergeant · September 1, 1969
From Binghamton
- LAWRENCE GEORGE BROWNLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- JOHN MONKSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- LAWRENCE EVERETT JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · March 4, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM EDWARDSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD STEIERPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- WILLIAM JAMES GILLETTEPrivate First Class · September 9, 1966
- EARL LEON CRISSELL JRCorporal · March 1, 1967
- JOHN EDWIN BERNARDSergeant · June 17, 1967
- ROBIN DOUGLAS MACLEODPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- LAWRENCE DAVID PETERSSergeant · September 4, 1967
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.