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ROBERT ELMER FOLSOM
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 16, 1949 – September 19, 1967
Service recordRobert Elmer Folsom, of San Bruno, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 19, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 92
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 16, 1949
- Home of record
- San Bruno, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 92
- RAY COLLINSSpecialist Four · September 19, 1967
- ELMER NEAL DAVISPrivate · September 19, 1967
- MARSHALL COLIN FARLEYSpecialist Four · September 19, 1967
From San Bruno
- CLIFFORD ALTON ROBERTSSergeant · July 9, 1965
- OWEN THOMAS LAVERYPrivate First Class · October 20, 1965
- MARK LAKE MORGANLance Corporal · February 28, 1966
- JOHN L HOLSTEINPlatoon Sergeant · December 29, 1966
- PETER MICHAEL APODACASpecialist Four · May 31, 1967
- GARY MICHAEL RISTSpecialist Four · December 20, 1967
- BOBBY JOHN BYRDPrivate First Class · August 20, 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.