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ROBERT JAMES DIEDRICH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 14, 1944 – April 30, 1968
Service recordRobert James Diedrich, of Random Lake, Wisconsin, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 30, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · 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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- October 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Random Lake, Wisconsin (Sheboygan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1968; 53 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 11
- WALTER ANTHONY CICCHIANIPetty Officer Second Class · April 30, 1968
- JOHN R DAGOSTINO JRSergeant · April 30, 1968
- LOREN KEITH DAVEYStaff Sergeant · April 30, 1968
- RICHARD LEROY ENDICOTTCaptain · April 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WALTER ANTHONY CICCHIANIPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 53E, Line 11
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.