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ROBERT EUGENE NEAL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 4, 1950 – February 16, 1970
Service recordRobert Eugene Neal, of Marion, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 16, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Marion, Ohio (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 19
- ALAN CHARLES DECRAENEFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1970
- JAN DOUGLAS GARRINGERCorporal · February 16, 1970
- CLAUDE VERNOR GILESSergeant · February 16, 1970
- J D MILLERSergeant First Class · February 16, 1970
From Marion
- BRUCE AUGUST NYSTROMCaptain · December 2, 1966
- ALLAN HENRY SCHULZPrivate First Class · January 1, 1967
- LARRY LEE GASKINSCorporal · October 8, 1967
- DENNIS EUGENE WARNEPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- PERRY VERNANDO SHROYERStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1968
- MICHAEL BRUCE SPICERCorporal · March 1, 1968
- KENNETH DAVID THOMPSONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- CHARLES JOEL BEHM JRSergeant · April 30, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE HICKMANChief Petty Officer · July 1, 1968
- JAMES CAUDILLLance Corporal · August 18, 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.