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ROBERT ALLEN WENNES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 14, 1947 – December 2, 1967
Service recordRobert Allen Wennes, of Spring Grove, Minnesota, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 2, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 27
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
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Spring Grove, Minnesota (Houston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 27
- TOMMY RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 2, 1967
- THOMAS JAMES WALKERCorporal · December 2, 1967
- LARRY GLEN WILLIAMSLance Corporal · December 2, 1967
- COLEMAN GEE HILLMANStaff Sergeant · December 3, 1967
From Spring Grove
- ROBERT JOHN SIRESPrivate First Class · July 12, 1969
- KEVEN ZANE GOODNOStaff Sergeant · October 26, 1972
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.