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ROBERT GARRY MARX
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 14, 1947 – May 27, 1968
Service recordRobert Garry Marx, of Meriden, Connecticut, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 27, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 11
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- January 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Meriden, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 65W, Line 11
- JOHN RICHARD LINDELCorporal · May 27, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE LUDWIGPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- ALAN LOUIS MATTESpecialist Four · May 27, 1968
- VERNELL HENRY MILLER JRPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
From Meriden
- MICHAEL LOUIS CHMURACorporal · October 17, 1965
- PATRICK WILLMER KINGSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- GERALD LEVYSpecialist Five · January 2, 1966
- EARL JOHN BAUCHMANNMaster Sergeant · September 19, 1966
- RICHARD DAVID HENSLEYLance Corporal · October 11, 1966
- JOHN REGINALD SHONECKSenior Master Sergeant · October 18, 1966
- WAYNE ROBERT MCKENZIELance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- WALTER RAYMOND MCDONALDPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- EDWARD JOSEPH JUREK IISpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
- ROLAND ARMAND RICHARDSpecialist Four · April 8, 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.