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ROBERT EDWIN MENTZER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 8, 1948 – April 1, 1968
Service recordRobert Edwin Mentzer JR, of Rockville, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 1, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 34
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)
- Born
- December 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Rockville, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 34
- BRIAN JOHN MATHISONLieutenant (junior grade) · April 1, 1968
- RONNIE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 1, 1968
- GEORGE LEE MYERSSpecialist Four · April 1, 1968
- RODOLFO CARRILLO SERRANOCorporal · April 1, 1968
From Rockville
- FRANCES F NOVELLOSergeant · September 3, 1965
- GERALD LEE CROSBYPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- STEVE WESTLEL HARRISPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- TOMMY EUGENE DICKERSONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- ROBERT ROXBURGH GROOMCorporal · November 11, 1967
- AUSTIN RICHARD VONKLEISTSergeant First Class · December 16, 1967
- ROBERT DAVID MASONSeaman · December 21, 1967
- JAMES BUCKNER HALLCorporal · January 4, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM ABERNATHYSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- BALFOUR OLIVER LYTTON JRStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1968
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.