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ROBERT F MCCLAFLIN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 21, 1950 – August 13, 1969
Service recordRobert F McClaflin, of Corvallis, Oregon, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 13, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 33
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
- Warehouse Clerk (3051)
- Born
- July 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Corvallis, Oregon (Benton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 33
- KENNETH REED MCDANIELCorporal · August 13, 1969
- KENNETH RICHARD MCLEESELance Corporal · August 13, 1969
- JAMES ALAN NORRISLance Corporal · August 13, 1969
- JERRY WAYNE OFSTEDAHLSergeant · August 13, 1969
From Corvallis
- THOMAS RICHARD SIEBENSergeant · January 10, 1967
- GEORGE GREART GONSALVESPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- MICHAEL DEE OLIVERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- JACK SELWYN IMLAHFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1968
- WILLIAM LOUIS KINKADECaptain · September 1, 1968
- LARRY ALAN GILLASPIESpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
- RICHARD HALL BRIGHTLance Corporal · December 14, 1969
- DARRELL GEORGE WOOD JRFirst Lieutenant · February 19, 1970
- VERNON EARL SCHROCKCorporal · May 26, 1970
- ROBERT ARTHUR BRETT JRCaptain · September 29, 1972
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.