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ROBERT CHARLES DREWICZ
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 5, 1937 – December 21, 1968
Service recordRobert Charles Drewicz, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 21, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 56
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Plumbing And Water Supply Specialist (1121)
- Born
- January 5, 1937
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 56
- JOSEPH PHILIP CASTAGNASergeant · December 21, 1968
- LARRY ALLEN GOFFPrivate First Class · December 21, 1968
- ROBERT CARL GREEN JRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1968
- ROCKNE LAMAR HARDWICKLance Corporal · December 21, 1968
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 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.