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ROBERT EDWARD FUSS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 5, 1946 – April 27, 1968
Service recordRobert Edward Fuss, of Lincoln, Nebraska, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 27, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 26
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Lincoln, Nebraska (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 26
- WILLIAM F VANDERVORT JRSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- LARRY ALDEN WINCHESTERSergeant First Class · April 26, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WORRELLPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- EDWARD JOSEPH ZEWERT JRSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
From Lincoln
- RICHARD LANSING ZICHEKLance Corporal · July 15, 1965
- LEE DAVID ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1966
- HARVEY LEROY ENGELPetty Officer First Class · March 11, 1966
- JOHN A MCCURDYCaptain · April 15, 1966
- PHILIP NEIL MADDOXSergeant · May 28, 1966
- JOHN ERNEST JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- LARRY LEE FONTAINEPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH RI BRANSTROMHospitalman · December 8, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1967
- MICHAEL CARL NEWMANSpecialist Four · February 6, 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.