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ROBERT EDWARD CHURCH
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
December 27, 1946 – May 16, 1968
Service recordRobert Edward Church, of Lakehurst, New Jersey, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 16, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 7
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Lakehurst, New Jersey (Ocean County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; 29 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 7
- ZACK TAYLOR ADDINGTONLance Corporal · May 16, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL CASEYPetty Officer Third Class · May 16, 1968
- DANIEL H CHATFIELDSpecialist Four · May 16, 1968
- PAUL FREDERICK COBBSecond Lieutenant · May 16, 1968
From Lakehurst
- DONALD FREDERICK WESTSergeant Major · April 28, 1971
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.