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ROBERT JOSEPH CHALLENER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 16, 1947 – January 5, 1969
Service recordRobert Joseph Challener, of West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 5, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 37
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- April 16, 1947
- Home of record
- West Mifflin, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 37
- STEVEN ARTHUR WESSELPrivate First Class · January 4, 1969
- RAYMOND WELLINGTON BLANDINLance Corporal · January 5, 1969
- MICHAEL CROWDERSpecialist Four · January 5, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES ELSTENMajor · January 5, 1969
From West Mifflin
- SAMUEL DONALD AMANTEASpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- PATRICK KEITH HANNONPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
- RONALD LEE HARRISCorporal · January 19, 1969
- LEROY BERNARD MUDDSeaman · June 29, 1970
- ROBERT THOMAS KISERSpecialist Four · March 10, 1971
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.