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ROBERT LEE SHORTER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 28, 1948 – February 28, 1968
Service recordRobert Lee Shorter, of Gainesville, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 28, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- August 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Gainesville, Florida (Alachua County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Tín Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 73
- WALTER CHARLES SHELLITOSergeant First Class · February 28, 1968
- PERRY VERNANDO SHROYERStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1968
- CHARLES ALLAN SMITHCorporal · February 28, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT SMITH JRCorporal · February 28, 1968
From Gainesville
- VERNON THOMAS CARTER JRLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- NOAH MORRIS KRAFTFirst Lieutenant · March 21, 1966
- JEROME CORDELL WINTERSCaptain · July 25, 1966
- LORENZO COLUMBUS MAULDENPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE KLECKLEYPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- LINDY EDWARD HENRYStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1967
- JAMES MILTON JEFFERSONLieutenant Colonel · May 12, 1967
- AUBURN DALE MCCOMBPetty Officer Second Class · May 14, 1967
- WESLEY IRA GOSWICKSpecialist Five · May 18, 1967
- JAMES MIKEL RUNNELSAirman · July 29, 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.