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ROBERT FREW CONTI
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 2, 1946 – November 24, 1969
Service recordRobert Frew Conti, of Emmaus, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 24, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 115
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- October 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Emmaus, Pennsylvania (Lehigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 115
- ROGER LEE BYUSPrivate First Class · November 24, 1969
- BILLY LEE COKERPetty Officer Third Class · November 24, 1969
- LARRY ELBERT COLLINSSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- HOWARD BRISBANE COMER JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 24, 1969
From Emmaus
- DEPUY RAYMOND VANKEURENLance Corporal · August 22, 1965
- WALTER FRANK ORLEYLance Corporal · April 6, 1966
- ARTHUR JAMES HENSINGERSpecialist Four · November 25, 1967
- ARLEN JAY MILLERSpecialist Four · May 13, 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.