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ROBERT LEE POSEY JR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 4, 1944 – January 30, 1967
Service recordRobert Lee Posey JR, of Savage, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 30, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 98
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Savage, Maryland (Howard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 98
- GERALD JOSEPH MAGUIREPrivate First Class · January 30, 1967
- DANIEL JOHN MYERSSpecialist Four · January 30, 1967
- RICHARD LYNN PARHAMPrivate First Class · January 30, 1967
- RUDOLPH REMULARSpecialist Four · January 30, 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.