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ROBERT HRISOULIS
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 27, 1950 – January 21, 1971
Service recordRobert Hrisoulis, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 21, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 58
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Special Radio Operator (2571)
- Born
- November 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1971; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 58
- ARTHUR S NABBENFirst Lieutenant · January 20, 1971
- RONALD DEE STEPHENSONCorporal · January 20, 1971
- RONALD MILLARD GARRISONPrivate First Class · January 21, 1971
- LOUIS WESLEY TRAVERSPrivate First Class · January 21, 1971
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.