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ROBERT CURTIS BORTON JR
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 24, 1946 – August 28, 1966
Service recordRobert Curtis Borton JR, of Winfield, Missouri, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on August 28, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 53
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
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- K CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- June 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Winfield, Missouri (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- August 28, 1966
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1966; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “K CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 53
- SAMUEL WALTER BREWERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- DENNIS RAY CARTERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- THOMAS REGINALD COWLEYStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- WILLIAM ARTHUR FINKELLance Corporal · August 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEO BABULAStaff Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 52
- JOHN EUGEN BODENSCHATZ JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 52
- DENNIS RAY CARTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 53
From Winfield
- LARRY RICKFORD SKINNERCorporal · September 21, 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.