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ROBERT CHARLES FELTER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 15, 1942 – December 11, 1965
Service recordRobert Charles Felter, of Troy, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 11, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 11
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
- January 15, 1942
- Home of record
- Troy, New York (Rensselaer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1965; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 11
- BARRY JAMES SITLERLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- LLOYD ALLEN VANNATTERCorporal · December 10, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- DONALD DAVID STEWARTStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1965
From Troy
- JAMES JOSEPH MASOTTICaptain · May 28, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS DINGWALLMaster Gunnery Sergeant · July 8, 1965
- BERNARD JOSEPH WAITStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- DONALD JASON EGAN JRFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1967
- JOSEPH LOUIS MILOSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- ROBERT MARTIN DWYERLance Corporal · May 23, 1967
- RICHARD WILLIAM HAWTHORNELieutenant Colonel · September 12, 1967
- STEPHEN CLARK BARRETTPetty Officer Third Class · January 25, 1968
- GLENN ROY BRUSTSpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- BRUCE LEO CAREYSergeant · February 18, 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.