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ROBERT FRANKLIN WHITTEN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 7, 1949 – March 23, 1969
Service recordRobert Franklin Whitten, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 23, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 22
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
- February 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 22
- ROBERT ALLEN OSBORNESpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
- ALLEY OAKLEY STEPHENSSpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
- THOMAS MICHAEL STRUCHENSpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
- JAMES WESLEY WIDDIS JRLieutenant Colonel · March 23, 1969
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.