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ROBERT EUGENE STRAHM
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 26, 1948 – November 17, 1966
Service recordRobert Eugene Strahm, of Kenton, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 17, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Kenton, Ohio (Hardin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 83
- NICHOLAS MARK HARTMANSpecialist Four · November 17, 1966
- CHARLIE LYLES JRSergeant · November 17, 1966
- ERNEST EDWARD ROSSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1966
- MATTHEW WAREStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1966
From Kenton
- RICHARD FRANKLYN LEASESpecialist Four · May 22, 1966
- DONALD EUGENE KRAMERSergeant · October 28, 1966
- RICHARD LOUIS BASINGERCaptain · May 12, 1967
- ALBERT LEROY HORNERCorporal · December 27, 1967
- RONALD JAMES SCHARFPrivate First Class · July 27, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD HEALYSergeant · June 8, 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.