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ROBERT CRAIN PHLEGER
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 6, 1938 – May 7, 1970
Service recordRobert Crain Phleger, of London, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 7, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 127
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ground Radio Repairer (2841)
- Born
- July 6, 1938
- Home of record
- London, Ohio (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1970
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 127
- RAYMOND DONALD MARECKCorporal · May 7, 1970
- WILLIAM ALLEN PEYTONSpecialist Five · May 7, 1970
- JOSEPH PIPPENBACHSergeant · May 7, 1970
- CHARLES DONALD PLUMB JRStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1970
From London
- THOMAS EDWARD BURLILESpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONALD EUGENE HARRISONPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- JOSEPH GENE GREGGPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD THIELSpecialist Four · December 8, 1967
- LARRY DEAN RIPLEYCorporal · February 7, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD DEANPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
- JAMES KERMIT PARKSPrivate First Class · November 28, 1968
- THOMAS WILLENE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · July 4, 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.