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ROBERT FRANK PACKARD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 2, 1946 – November 7, 1966
Service recordRobert Frank Packard, of Ridgewood, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 7, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 38
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Ridgewood, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 38
- JOSEPH RICHARD BACHUSPetty Officer Second Class · November 7, 1966
- WAYNE ADELBERT MCCOLLUMPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- MICHAEL EUGENE MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM MEDLINLance Corporal · November 7, 1966
From Ridgewood
- JOSEPH JOHN SCHUSTERStaff Sergeant · October 28, 1965
- ERIC RIBITSCHPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- WOLFGANG EDWARD KRESSEPrivate · May 15, 1967
- ROBERT MARIO DEDOMINICSpecialist Four · May 17, 1967
- RONALD ALFRED GALANTESpecialist Four · January 24, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD MALONEY JRSergeant · February 2, 1968
- ANDREW CARL ANDERSENSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- JOHN DAVID KROUSLISFirst Lieutenant · December 17, 1968
- ANTHONY VULTAGGIOCorporal · July 8, 1969
- TERRENCE CARMINE BRASILESergeant · August 7, 1969
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.