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ROBERT EDWARD TULLY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 27, 1937 – June 16, 1968
Service recordRobert Edward Tully, of Arlington, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 16, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 10
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- May 27, 1937
- Home of record
- Arlington, Virginia (Arlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 10
- RIGOBERTO TORRES-LOPEZSpecialist Four · June 16, 1968
- CHARLES V VASQUEZ JRCorporal · June 16, 1968
- WALTER DARRYL WEEKSSergeant · June 16, 1968
- WHITNEY LEE WHITEPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
From Arlington
- DAVID WEBSTERMajor · March 10, 1963
- THOMAS THEODORE MCLARNONSergeant · May 29, 1965
- JOHN THOMAS STICHERWarrant Officer 1 · December 6, 1965
- JOHN HENRY FULCHERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- KEITH ALLEN CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · February 8, 1967
- JAMES DOHERTY HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1967
- GEORGE ELLIS BYRDPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY OSBORN JONESAirman First Class · February 27, 1967
- LEROY PRESTON BOHRERMajor · March 9, 1967
- ANDREW THOMAS CASTELDASpecialist Four · March 12, 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.