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ROBERT JOHN MARCAVAGE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 12, 1947 – October 15, 1966
Service recordRobert John Marcavage, of Shamokin, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Shamokin, Pennsylvania (Northumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 77
- JAMES EUGENE JOSLYNStaff Sergeant · October 15, 1966
- WILLIAM THOMAS LONDONPrivate First Class · October 15, 1966
- ROBERT DOUGLAS MARLINPrivate First Class · October 15, 1966
- DENNIS EUGENE PIKELance Corporal · October 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MARVIN DOWDELLPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 76
- CARLOS PIREZ-BERGESSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 78
- WILLIAM J B STONEPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 78
From Shamokin
- DONALD A NAHODIL JRPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- GENE ALLEN LAUERTechnical Sergeant · September 24, 1968
- RONALD LEE RAKERSpecialist Four · February 18, 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.