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ROBERT CARL DAMBECK
Master Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 16, 1930 – July 7, 1967
Service recordRobert Carl Dambeck, of Altoona, Pennsylvania, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 7, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 26
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
- Master Sergeant (MSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- June 16, 1930
- Home of record
- Altoona, Pennsylvania (Blair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1967; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 26
- WILLIAM JOSEPH CRUMMMajor General · July 7, 1967
- GLEN VINCENT DAVEYSergeant · July 7, 1967
- RICHARD ROBERT DAVISLance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- WILLIAM WALTER DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
From Altoona
- JOSEPH WILLIAM SCHUSTERCorporal · June 1, 1966
- ALFRED JAMES KIBLERLance Corporal · October 6, 1966
- DENNIS M SPAHNSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- WILLIAM JOEL RICKMANPrivate First Class · April 3, 1967
- EDWARD PHILIP SZEYLLERLieutenant · April 4, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD CAREYLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
- NICHOLAS CHARLES BIANCONICorporal · July 24, 1967
- GEAN PRESTON CLAPPERChief Master Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- SHELDON D SCHULTZChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 5, 1968
- CLARENCE JAMES CLAYCOMBStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1968
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.