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ROBERT DELUN WOOD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 22, 1950 – June 14, 1968
Service recordRobert Delun Wood, of East St Louis, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 14, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 21
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 22, 1950
- Home of record
- East St Louis, Illinois (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 21
- DOYLE WAYNE OVERTONPrivate First Class · June 14, 1968
- KENNETH DOUGLAS SMITHSpecialist Four · June 14, 1968
- HAROLD RAYMOND VOGELCaptain · June 14, 1968
- RONALD VERNON WEARMOUTHSergeant · June 14, 1968
From East St Louis
- MICHAEL ALLEN LYLESPrivate First Class · August 16, 1965
- MICHAEL K MATHISONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- ALLIE WILLIAM CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD HARVEYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- FRED ALFRED BENNERSpecialist Five · April 13, 1966
- WILBUR DESMAR JACKSONStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1966
- RALPH BURTON COBBSLieutenant Commander · June 17, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL BERRYLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- ARBAL ROLLINS JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1966
- EARL ELESTER IRVING JRSpecialist Four · September 11, 1966
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.