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ROBERT FRANK MARTHALER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 13, 1949 – May 22, 1970
Service recordRobert Frank Marthaler, of Sauk Centre, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 81
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 864 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- August 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Sauk Centre, Minnesota (Stearns County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1970; three of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 81
- WILLIAM NORMAN JENSEN JRSergeant · May 22, 1970
- RICHARD ANDREW LARSONCaptain · May 22, 1970
- RICHARD W MEACHAM JRCaptain · May 22, 1970
- JOHN CHARLES REILLYWarrant Officer 1 · May 22, 1970
From Sauk Centre
- GARY LEE PREKKERCorporal · March 24, 1967
- MICHAEL PETER DZIENGELSpecialist Five · October 13, 1969
- ANTHONY JOSEPH MENSENChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 22, 1971
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.