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ROBERT DAVID PURDIE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 19, 1946 – August 23, 1968
Service recordRobert David Purdie, of Sherman Oaks, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 52
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supply Administrative Man - Mechanized Accounting (3042)
- Born
- May 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Sherman Oaks, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; 51 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 52
- KENNETH WAYNE REIDFirst Lieutenant · August 23, 1968
- LON DAVIS RICHARDSCaptain · August 23, 1968
- ROLF ERNST RICKMERSMaster Sergeant · August 23, 1968
- LEONDIS ENRIQUE RODRIQUEZSpecialist Four · August 23, 1968
From Sherman Oaks
- GREGORY GEORGE HUBBARDCorporal · October 31, 1967
- RONALD CORBIN ROUNTREELance Corporal · February 8, 1968
- DOUGLAS DUANE MCMAHONPrivate First Class · April 5, 1968
- RICHARD CARL PUGHWarrant Officer 1 · December 28, 1968
- PHILLIP HADDON MARKSLance Corporal · March 16, 1969
- SCOTT NEAL STANTONSergeant · September 8, 1969
- ALBRO LYNN LUNDY JRMajor · December 24, 1970
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.