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ROBERT DOUGLAS MARLIN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 13, 1946 – October 15, 1966
Service recordRobert Douglas Marlin, of Franklin, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Franklin, Tennessee (Williamson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 77
- JAMES EUGENE JOSLYNStaff Sergeant · October 15, 1966
- WILLIAM THOMAS LONDONPrivate First Class · October 15, 1966
- ROBERT JOHN MARCAVAGESpecialist Four · October 15, 1966
- DENNIS EUGENE PIKELance Corporal · October 15, 1966
From Franklin
- JAMES BENNETT CONWAYMajor · April 12, 1966
- JOHN WILLIE WOODS JRSpecialist Four · October 30, 1966
- RICHARD LEE CAROTHERSPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- LARRY GRAHAM BUFORDCorporal · November 30, 1967
- JAMES EDMUND PEAYSpecialist Four · January 7, 1968
- WILLIAM HARRISON GOINSSergeant · February 26, 1968
- CHARLES HERBERT HARDISONPrivate · September 5, 1968
- DANNY GALE MARTINSpecialist Five · December 1, 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.