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ROBERT GARY MALONE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 30, 1943 – July 28, 1966
Service recordRobert Gary Malone, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 28, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 83
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 30, 1943
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 83
- ERSKINE BUFORD WILDEPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- JIMMY DEVER BACCUSPrivate First Class · July 28, 1966
- WILLIAM GENE MAIN JRSpecialist Four · July 28, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MCREEStaff Sergeant · July 28, 1966
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
- BOBBY RAY BRYANTPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
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.