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ROBERT LEE ARGENTI
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 23, 1951 – July 20, 1970
Service recordRobert Lee Argenti, of Providence, Rhode Island, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 20, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 33
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
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- May 23, 1951
- Home of record
- Providence, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 33
- RUSSELL ALLEN ROWEChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 19, 1970
- ELROY SIMMONSSergeant First Class · July 19, 1970
- DAVID MILTON TESHSecond Lieutenant · July 19, 1970
- THOMAS EARL VAILSpecialist Four · July 19, 1970
From Providence
- MCGEARY LITTLEJOHNSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- PAUL ROBERT DRUMMONDPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- RICHARD ANTHONY CARUOLOLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
- EDMUND HENRY HORNSTEINMajor · April 12, 1966
- WILBERT ISOM ANDREWSPrivate · May 5, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH ONEILL JRMaster Sergeant · August 13, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL DAVISCorporal · August 21, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS PANZARELLAFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1966
- EDWARDO ENRI CAZANAS-DIAZSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- JOSEPH DONAT NOELSpecialist Four · January 14, 1967
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.