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ROBERT LEE BLACKFOX
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 25, 1948 – February 17, 1970
Service recordRobert Lee Blackfox, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 17, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 22
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Tahlequah, Oklahoma (Cherokee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 22
- KARL EUGENE BROWNSpecialist Four · February 17, 1970
- CHARLES LINWOOD CORDLESpecialist Four · February 17, 1970
- JACK LEE DRYESpecialist Four · February 17, 1970
- SAMUEL JAMES JRSpecialist Four · February 17, 1970
From Tahlequah
- WILLIAM LEE WARDPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
- RONNIE COURTNEYSpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
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.