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ROBERT ERVEN CURRY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 6, 1945 – December 31, 1966
Service recordRobert Erven Curry, of Pacifica, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 31, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 104
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- August 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Pacifica, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 104
- DONALD CAMPBELLPrivate · December 31, 1966
- TERRY ALAN CARLSSpecialist Four · December 31, 1966
- SAMUEL GERALD CROWELLSpecialist Four · December 31, 1966
- DONALD WILLIAM DRAKEPrivate First Class · December 31, 1966
From Pacifica
- LAWRENCE EUGENE FOSTERPrivate · May 22, 1966
- JAMES STANLEY B CHILDERSLance Corporal · February 15, 1967
- MEDFORD ADARINE CHRYSLERPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD WALKER JRPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- GEORGE ANGELO CABANO JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM COMPTONSergeant · May 12, 1969
- GEORGE FRANCIS PATTERSONSpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
- JOHNNY BRYAN WHITEPrivate First Class · April 16, 1970
- DAVID GEORGE MCKAYSpecialist Four · June 4, 1970
- JOHN AL PREMENKOSergeant · August 14, 1970
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.