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ROBERT JACOB BLACK
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 16, 1945 – October 15, 1966
Service recordRobert Jacob Black, of Clarion, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 15, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tracked Vehicle Repairer, Self-Propelled (2144)
- Born
- February 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Clarion, Pennsylvania (Clarion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 75
- JACK DOUGLAS SPAULDINGLieutenant Colonel · October 14, 1966
- JOSEPH NELSON STEVENSLance Corporal · October 14, 1966
- DARWIN JOEL THOMASEnsign · October 14, 1966
- LOUIS TURCHISpecialist Four · October 14, 1966
From Clarion
- TERRY LYNN HENRYWarrant Officer 1 · May 9, 1970
- RICHARD CARL ALEXANDERSpecialist Four · September 11, 1970
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.