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ROBERT JAMES TODD
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
December 11, 1949 – November 1, 1968
Service recordRobert James Todd, of Orange, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 1, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 5
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- December 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Orange, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 5
- EDDIE EUGENE SPRADLINSpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN SYNODPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
- ANTHONY RICHARD TORCIVIAPetty Officer First Class · November 1, 1968
- DIETER RUDOLF VATERPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
From Orange
- JOHN MICHAEL PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- MICHAEL WALTER KOLEMAINENPrivate First Class · October 31, 1966
- BOBBY WESTSergeant · January 21, 1968
- RAYMOND NELSON CURLEYSpecialist Four · February 5, 1968
- KENNETH TILDEN RABEYSergeant · March 16, 1968
- DAVID ARTHUR ROSENBERGERSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- GARY ALAN STADINGSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN WAYSACKCorporal · May 9, 1968
- RUSSELL UDELL WESTLance Corporal · May 23, 1968
- DENNIS EUGENE NAYLORPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
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.