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ROBERT GUY STRICKLIN
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
March 9, 1943 – June 8, 1969
Service recordRobert Guy Stricklin, of Santa Ana, California, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 8, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · 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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Photographer's Mate (PH)
- Born
- March 9, 1943
- Home of record
- Santa Ana, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 115
- TERRY EDWARD TOOLECorporal · June 8, 1969
- IGNACIO L VILLALOBOSSpecialist Five · June 8, 1969
- ROY LEACY WALKERPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
- WILLIAM RALPH WILSONPetty Officer First Class · June 8, 1969
From Santa Ana
- WILLIAM FORBES EISENBRAUNCaptain · July 5, 1965
- RUSSELL LAVERNE BISHOPSergeant · March 21, 1966
- CLYDE D MCDONALD IIPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- DONALD LEROY HEASTONPlatoon Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE STOKESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- DOMINGO ESCALANTE JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- GARY KENNETH SMITHSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- ROBERT ANTHONY CHAPPSergeant · April 14, 1967
- RALPH JEAN TURCOTTELance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- RODGER LEE FORTUNESpecialist Four · May 26, 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.