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ROBERT CLAY VANVLEET
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 6, 1950 – May 26, 1969
Service recordRobert Clay Vanvleet, of Magna, Utah, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 26, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 114
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
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- May 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Magna, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 114
- WILLIAM LEE ANDERSONSergeant · May 27, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER JAMES BELLSpecialist Four · May 27, 1969
- ROBERT TRAME BENSBERGCaptain · May 27, 1969
- SCOTT EDWARD COCHRANCorporal · May 27, 1969
From Magna
- RONALD VICTOR BACCAPrivate · October 30, 1965
- KENNETH LYNN MADDYPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- SCOTT BRUCE SALTERPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- MICHAEL HOWARD YEATESLance Corporal · March 13, 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.