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ROBERT LEE PAINTER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 25, 1946 – January 14, 1967
Service recordRobert Lee Painter, of Long Beach, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 14, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 29
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- July 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 29
- ROBERT JEROME MEYERLance Corporal · January 14, 1967
- PAUL RUSSELL NICHOLAS JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- JOSEPH DONAT NOELSpecialist Four · January 14, 1967
- ARTHUR ALEN OBRIENLance Corporal · January 14, 1967
From Long Beach
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RICHARD EYRE CROWELance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 1966
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.