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ROBERT JOHN WILKINS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 1, 1945 – December 18, 1965
Service recordRobert John Wilkins, of St Charles, Missouri, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 18, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 27
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)
- Born
- January 1, 1945
- Home of record
- St Charles, Missouri (St Charles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1965; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 27
- STUART KING TWEEDYSecond Lieutenant · December 18, 1965
- CLIFFORD LEROY WHIPPLELance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- JOSEPH PAUL YATSKO JRFirst Lieutenant · December 18, 1965
- LOUIS JAMES CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · December 19, 1965
From St Charles
- FLOYD WAYNE HARTWICK JRLance Corporal · July 15, 1967
- LEROY ONEALStaff Sergeant · July 31, 1967
- STEVEN JOHN REICHARDTPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- CHARLES FRANKLIN SMITHWarrant Officer 1 · October 26, 1970
- THOMAS HAROLD HUDSONSpecialist Four · January 1, 1971
- ROBERT JOHN MORRIS JRCaptain · December 26, 1972
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.