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ROBERT LEE WENGER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 28, 1946 – July 23, 1966
Service recordRobert Lee Wenger, of Dowagiac, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 23, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 63
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Dowagiac, Michigan (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1966; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 63
- THOMAS VERNON MADISONLance Corporal · July 23, 1966
- SAMUEL THOMAS MORROWSpecialist Four · July 23, 1966
- BENJAMIN BYRD NEWSOMColonel · July 23, 1966
- STEVEN OWEN SCHULTZPetty Officer Third Class · July 23, 1966
From Dowagiac
- JOHN WALLACE EDGERLYPrivate First Class · August 12, 1966
- JOHN RANDOLPH HUSCHERSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- JEFFERY H HALLSpecialist Four · June 19, 1968
- JOHN VINCENT GRESSELFirst Lieutenant · July 29, 1968
- WILLIAM R STOLLEY JRLance Corporal · March 14, 1969
- MICHAEL BRUCE FIRSTPrivate First Class · February 8, 1971
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.