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ROBERT DONALD MARCO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 20, 1947 – April 10, 1968
Service recordRobert Donald Marco, of Yakima, Washington, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 10, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · 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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Yakima, Washington (Yakima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 13
- HARRY FRANKLIN CARVERStaff Sergeant · April 10, 1968
- CHARLES ANTHONY MAJERSergeant · April 10, 1968
- WILLY ROBERT MICHALIKPrivate · April 10, 1968
- BRYAN THOMAS MUKAIPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
From Yakima
- LARRY BYRON MCCLANAHANPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- PATRICK SPIKER JRStaff Sergeant · July 15, 1965
- DAVID ROSS FAULCONERPrivate First Class · September 12, 1966
- WALTER DARYLE LEACHSpecialist Four · December 1, 1966
- RODNEY RICHARD WEEDSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- LLOYD PALMER STEARNSSergeant · April 8, 1967
- JAMES LOUIS ZYPHSpecialist Four · February 24, 1968
- RICHARD SAMUEL GINDERPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- VERNON LEE LEUNINGWarrant Officer 1 · March 4, 1968
- GARY LEWIS COLOMBOCorporal · March 6, 1968
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.