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ROBERT DUANE KENT
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
December 6, 1940 – December 20, 1968
Service recordRobert Duane Kent, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on December 20, 1968, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · 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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Frs Basic F/A-18 Pilot (I) (7521)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VMFA 314 MAG 13 1 MARDIV
- Born
- December 6, 1940
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- December 20, 1968
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1968. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 36W, Line 52
- JAMES ROY KINGCorporal · December 20, 1968
- FLOYD NEWTON MARTINSergeant First Class · December 20, 1968
- JOHN JAY MICHAELSLance Corporal · December 20, 1968
- MICHAEL MILLER JRPrivate First Class · December 20, 1968
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.