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ROBERT JOHN MARCANTONI
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
January 18, 1948 – April 10, 1968
Service recordRobert John Marcantoni, of Phillipsburg, New Jersey, served as a Private 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 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 9
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- January 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Phillipsburg, New Jersey (Warren 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 9
- DONALD EUGENE CALHOONSergeant Major · April 10, 1968
- CRECENCIO CARDOSASergeant First Class · April 10, 1968
- CLYDE CECIL COLLINSSpecialist Four · April 10, 1968
- RONALD DAVISPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
From Phillipsburg
- DENNIS KLINESpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- ALBERT ALEYA OUTWATER JRSergeant · July 21, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT MORRISPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- TERRANCE EDWARD SMITHStaff Sergeant · March 24, 1968
- ARTHUR MORTIMER ROWEPrivate First Class · June 1, 1968
- BRUCE EDWARD LAWRENCEMajor · July 5, 1968
- JOHN EDGAR MARASONCorporal · December 2, 1968
- WILLIAM MICHAEL KONYUWarrant Officer 1 · April 16, 1969
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BACONPrivate First Class · July 17, 1969
- JAMES LAWRENCE SUYDAMSergeant · October 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.