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ROBERT EDWARD EMERY
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
November 5, 1945 – December 9, 1965
Service recordRobert Edward Emery, of Granite City, Illinois, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 9, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 4
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
- November 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Granite City, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1965; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 4
- BENNY BOB COESpecialist Four · December 9, 1965
- CLANCY GEORGE DRAKECaptain · December 9, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- DONALD JOSEPH REILLYMajor · December 9, 1965
From Granite City
- GENE E CHEPELYPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- JOHN BERNARD CAUSEYCaptain · February 25, 1966
- LOREN EUGENE BRADLEYPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- RALPH ROGER JUSTICEStaff Sergeant · January 6, 1967
- JAMES RAY DOWDYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- JOE CARL LEUTENEGGERPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE SHILTSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN GIEBECorporal · November 9, 1967
- MICHAEL EDWARD ADAMSSergeant · November 19, 1967
- WILLIAM CECIL HINKLEPrivate First Class · November 21, 1967
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.