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ROBERT EDWARD BEXLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 9, 1946 – January 30, 1966
Service recordRobert Edward Bexley, of Mobile, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 30, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 118
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- January 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Mobile, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 118
- RICHARD GALE BILOTTACorporal · January 30, 1966
- LARRY OVEID JULIAN BOOTYCorporal · January 30, 1966
- DAVID JOHN BUDKACorporal · January 30, 1966
- DAVID DANIEL GENSEMER IIISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
From Mobile
- ANDREW C MITCHELL IIICaptain · April 8, 1963
- DAVID RUDOLPH DICKENSFirst Sergeant · November 1, 1965
- EDDIE LEE HILL JRCorporal · November 4, 1965
- SHERMAN ELDRIDGE OTISPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- NATHANIEL EARL CARTER IIISergeant · November 25, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS BEATONSergeant · February 22, 1966
- JOSEPH EMMETT LILLEYPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- JAMES DWIGHT NEWCOMBLance Corporal · July 17, 1966
- TIMOTHY SCOTT DAVIESLance Corporal · July 20, 1966
- ARTHUR BENJAMIN SCARBROUGHPrivate First Class · August 26, 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.