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ROBERT ANDREW DORNER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 24, 1946 – March 24, 1966
Service recordRobert Andrew Dorner, of Lindenhurst, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 24, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 44
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
- Warehouse Clerk (3051)
- Born
- September 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Lindenhurst, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 44
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- MICHAEL MEREDITH JACKSONPrivate First Class · March 24, 1966
- CARL HENRY JOYNERSergeant · March 24, 1966
- ALBERT MASON KEEN JRPrivate First Class · March 24, 1966
From Lindenhurst
- MICHAEL EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · October 21, 1965
- RAYMOND WIDMANNLance Corporal · July 4, 1966
- JOSEPH JOHN DILANDROSergeant · March 21, 1967
- WAYNE JOHN MARQUARDTCorporal · September 2, 1967
- ALEXANDER CHISHOLMSergeant · September 10, 1967
- ROBERT JAMEISON REGINALDCorporal · October 28, 1967
- EDMUND ANTHONY OCONNORPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- DONALD ANTHONY TESTACorporal · May 7, 1968
- DAVID ARNOLD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- THOMAS POLDINOSpecialist Four · March 11, 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.