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ROBERT BRYANT HAMBLETT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 13, 1950 – November 12, 1969
Service recordRobert Bryant Hamblett, of Roanoke, Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 64
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
- March 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Roanoke, Virginia (Roanoke (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1969
- 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
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 64
- FREDDIE NEIL HAYNESSpecialist Four · November 12, 1969
- GERALD ROBERT HELMICHColonel · November 12, 1969
- CARL HENDERSONPrivate First Class · November 12, 1969
- HOWARD BOYD HENRYMajor · November 12, 1969
From Roanoke
- LAWRENCE EARL HACKLEYCaptain · July 18, 1963
- MARSHALL JOSEPH ANGELLSpecialist Five · December 12, 1963
- LUTHER WILLIAM BURTONSergeant · November 1, 1965
- CLYDE RUSSEL HERMANSpecialist Four · November 6, 1965
- JOSEPH WHELTON BROWN IIICorporal · April 13, 1966
- JOHN ALPHONZO BROWNStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1966
- JAMES R MCILWEEPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- PAUL MARTIN REEDCorporal · August 23, 1966
- JOHN TYLER LOGANSergeant · September 30, 1966
- JOHNNY WAYNE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · October 24, 1966
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.