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ROBERT CRANLEY ONSLOW
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
August 9, 1930 – May 10, 1968
Service recordRobert Cranley Onslow, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 10, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 13
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- August 9, 1930
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 13
- LARRY GENE PATTERSONSpecialist Four · May 10, 1968
- THOMAS HEPBURN PERRYSergeant First Class · May 10, 1968
- DAVID MICHAEL POWELLPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- HOWARD EMERSON QUERRYSergeant · May 10, 1968
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
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.