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ROBERT JAMES KLINE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 3, 1947 – April 10, 1968
Service recordRobert James Kline, of Bay City, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 10, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 12
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- November 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Bay City, Michigan (Bay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 12
- DONALD GERALD LEECorporal · April 10, 1968
- GARY DAN LOKKENCaptain · April 10, 1968
- THEODORE D VANSTAVERENLance Corporal · April 10, 1968
- GORDON DAVID WALENSKYLance Corporal · April 10, 1968
From Bay City
- JERALD DUANE FRITZPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- MICHAEL EDWARD ALDERSONPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- JOHN DONALD ROCHESergeant First Class · December 15, 1967
- JAMES LARRY BURNEYPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- ALGER LAWRENCE WHITE JRSpecialist Five · February 7, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN BENSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- JESSE CARMONA JRCorporal · May 3, 1968
- TERRANCE W ALLENSergeant · May 6, 1968
- ROGER RALPH MOLLSpecialist Four · August 23, 1968
- MICHAEL MURRAY DAVIDSONPrivate First Class · February 9, 1969
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.