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ROBERT BERG LABBE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 23, 1946 – March 4, 1966
Service recordRobert Berg Labbe, of Salem, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 4, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 106
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Salem, Ohio (Columbiana County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1966; 42 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 106
- DAHL JAMES LAPORTESergeant · August 24, 1965
- WILBUR GLEN KIRCHOFFSergeant · March 4, 1966
- FRANZ JOSEPH KOLBECKPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- JACK WAYNE LINDSEYPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- FRANK LOPEZ JRPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
From Salem
- LARRY HOMER CRUMBAKERLance Corporal · March 30, 1967
- JAMES LLOYD ROBINSONSpecialist Four · October 5, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH HUGHESPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- CHARLES JOSEPH TURRIPrivate First Class · March 12, 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.