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ROBERT FRANKLIN OWENS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 9, 1948 – April 16, 1968
Service recordRobert Franklin Owens, of Wheatland, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 16, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 19
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Lav Assaultman (0312)
- Born
- March 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Wheatland, Indiana (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1968; 50 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 19
- DENNIS NEIL JOHNSTONHospitalman · April 16, 1968
- AUBREY DAVID MCCLELLANDPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- LARRY GENE MOOREPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- TIMOTHY EUGENE OWENSPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
From Wheatland
- GARRY CLAYTON MCFETRIDGEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1962
- STEVEN RAY RENNERSpecialist Five · May 12, 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.