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ROBERT LEE AGAR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 28, 1948 – October 29, 1967
Service recordRobert Lee Agar, of New Martinsville, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 29, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 94
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- October 28, 1948
- Home of record
- New Martinsville, West Virginia (Wetzel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1967; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 94
- WILLIS JUNIOR SCHUBERTPrivate First Class · October 28, 1967
- JOHN GREGG TINKERLance Corporal · October 28, 1967
- ALVIN PHILLIP TRONNESSergeant First Class · October 28, 1967
- WILLIAM JOHN WAGNER JRLance Corporal · October 28, 1967
From New Martinsville
- HOWARD ROBERT CROTHERSFirst Lieutenant · May 1, 1968
- BRIAN LEWIS LONGPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
- RONAL LOYD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 18, 1970
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.