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ROBERT LEE SPROUL
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 16, 1933 – June 13, 1968
Service recordRobert Lee Sproul, of Ontario, Oregon, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 13, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 14
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
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- December 16, 1933
- Home of record
- Ontario, Oregon (Malheur County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1968
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 14
- MILO HERSEY STRATTONSergeant · June 13, 1968
- COY EDWARD STROBLECorporal · June 13, 1968
- GARY LEON VANTOLCorporal · June 13, 1968
- FORREST EDWARD WARDCorporal · June 13, 1968
From Ontario
- FELIPE VILLANUEVAPrivate First Class · July 13, 1966
- ROBERT DAWYNE FELLOWSSpecialist Four · September 25, 1966
- JOSEPH LEON WHITAKER JRSpecialist Four · August 29, 1967
- FRANK JAMES MATHEWSSergeant · February 26, 1968
- TED LEROY SHARPSpecialist Four · November 19, 1968
- ROBERT JUNIOR FISHLEIGHChief Warrant Officer 3 · September 25, 1970
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.