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ROBERT LEE VADEN
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 2, 1944 – April 14, 1966
Service recordRobert Lee Vaden, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 14, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 114
- LEWIS MCCOY THOMASPrivate First Class · April 14, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD COOPERSergeant · April 15, 1966
- DAVID NATHANIEL EVILSIZERPrivate First Class · April 15, 1966
- LUSTER CLARK FRIELPrivate First Class · April 15, 1966
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 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.