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ROBERT G CHOQUETTE JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 13, 1941 – July 6, 1970
Service recordRobert G Choquette JR, of Hartford, Connecticut, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 6, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 124
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- February 13, 1941
- Home of record
- Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 124
- LANNY HOWARD BUROFFPetty Officer Second Class · July 6, 1970
- WENDALL JOSEPH JARRELLSpecialist Four · July 6, 1970
- PHILIP JOSEPH ORGERONPrivate First Class · July 6, 1970
- SANDY HILLY PORTERStaff Sergeant · July 6, 1970
From Hartford
- WALTER ALEXANDER TERLECKISergeant · February 18, 1966
- EDMUND FRANCIS EDDYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- LAWRENCE DANE WOODSCaptain · June 24, 1966
- MALCOLM CRAYTON BERRYPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- DAVID KEITH HIGHTFirst Lieutenant · June 30, 1966
- STEPHEN S STRYCHARZ JRLance Corporal · July 15, 1966
- JIMMY LEE LANGSTONPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ALLAN PAUL FIRMNECKHospitalman · April 22, 1967
- JAMES STEVEN LEONARDCorporal · May 18, 1967
- LAWRENCE JAY SILVERFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1967
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.