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ROBERT DIROBERTO
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 25, 1944 – December 15, 1966
Service recordRobert Diroberto, of Mamaroneck, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 15, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 47
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Mamaroneck, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 47
- HARRY FISHERPrivate First Class · December 15, 1966
- KENNETH EDWARD GROVESergeant · December 15, 1966
- STEPHEN FRANK JALLOWAYSergeant · December 15, 1966
- DAVID MICHAEL MILLSLance Corporal · December 15, 1966
From Mamaroneck
- HAROLD HENRY SCHOCKLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- EDGAR BROWER BURCHELL IIICorporal · June 4, 1966
- DAVID EDWARD PORTERFIELDHospitalman · July 18, 1966
- VITO VITROPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
- MARTIN JEROME KEOGHSecond Lieutenant · March 2, 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.