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ROBERT CLARENCE EWALD
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 23, 1946 – June 18, 1968
Service recordRobert Clarence Ewald, of Bellflower, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 18, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 19
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
- Communication Center Operator (2542)
- Born
- October 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Bellflower, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 19
- AUDREY JULIUS COOKSergeant · June 18, 1968
- RONNIE DEAN DAVISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- GERALD GLEN DEDMORE JRLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD DEGNISPrivate · June 18, 1968
From Bellflower
- DUDLEY WAYNE MAYOSeaman · May 10, 1965
- FRED THOMAS EARLESPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GOODENPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- BERRY JOE BRIDGESPrivate First Class · June 14, 1967
- JACK PATRICK COTTERELLSpecialist Four · January 25, 1968
- CHARLES CLAIR THOMPSONSpecialist Four · April 11, 1968
- DAVID JOE BERRYSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- TOMMY WAYNE JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
- DONALD ACE PETTITTPrivate · December 13, 1968
- VINCENT VENUTI JRPrivate First Class · January 10, 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.