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ROBERT ARTHUR AUSMUS
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 6, 1933 – July 5, 1968
Service recordRobert Arthur Ausmus, of Cambridge, Ohio, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 5, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 15
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
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ground Mobile Forces Satcom Radio Chief (2539)
- Born
- August 6, 1933
- Home of record
- Cambridge, Ohio (Guernsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1968
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1968; 29 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 15
- DIRK JON WESTRASpecialist Four · July 4, 1968
- WILFREDO PANTALEON ZAMORASpecialist Four · July 4, 1968
- OLIVER ZINIMON JRLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- TONY ANDERSON BAKERPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
From Cambridge
- JOSEPH LEON KANEMaster Sergeant · April 4, 1966
- CARL ROSS HARBIN JRSpecialist Four · August 25, 1966
- CHARLES M WAYTSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- EMORY DAVID VOORHIESCorporal · June 9, 1968
- GARRY LYNN UPLINGERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD LEASUREPrivate First Class · November 14, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM REEDMajor · July 24, 1970
- CLIFFORD EUGENE BENCHSpecialist Four · March 16, 1971
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.