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ROBERT F MONTEITH II
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 10, 1945 – August 25, 1966
Service recordRobert F Monteith II, of Jerome, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 25, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 42
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Jerome, Pennsylvania (Somerset County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1966; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 42
- EDDIE ODONALD MCBROOM JRPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- RONALD PATRICK OROURKESpecialist Four · August 25, 1966
- J C WALKER JRPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
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.