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ROBERT LEE THANE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 10, 1949 – October 19, 1969
Service recordRobert Lee Thane, of Caro, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 19, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 92
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Caro, Michigan (Tuscola County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 92
- JIMMY LEE SMITHSpecialist Five · September 28, 1969
- PETER VINCENT MESTASSpecialist Four · October 19, 1969
- ALVIN RAMSEY STOVALL JRSpecialist Five · October 19, 1969
- EDDIE LEE WALKERPrivate First Class · October 19, 1969
- JAMES CLARK WOODSMajor · October 19, 1969
From Caro
- MICHAEL GORDON HOFFAirman First Class · November 1, 1968
- DEAN ELLSWORTH HALLSpecialist Four · December 28, 1969
- DANNY WARD BOWERSCorporal · May 27, 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.