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ROBERT BAILEY MARKUM
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 26, 1949 – November 17, 1968
Service recordRobert Bailey Markum, of Norfolk, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 3
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
- April 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Norfolk, New York (St Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 3
- WAYNE EDWARD KOHNPrivate First Class · November 17, 1968
- ROY EDWARD MAYSergeant · November 17, 1968
- MARTIN ELBY MENDOZASergeant · November 17, 1968
- DAVID HENRY MERRIAMSpecialist Four · November 17, 1968
From Norfolk
- ROGER HERBERT COYELieutenant Colonel · December 7, 1966
- BERNARD GEORGE PURVISLance Corporal · January 27, 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.