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ROBERT LEE WORTHINGTON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 25, 1947 – December 21, 1968
Service recordRobert Lee Worthington, of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 21, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 60
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Shore Party Specialist (1381)
- Born
- April 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Williamsport, Pennsylvania (Lycoming County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 60
- LEONARD WEBB JRSpecialist Four · December 21, 1968
- LAWRENCE JAMES WISSELLCaptain · December 21, 1968
- JUSTIN KENNETH ANDERSONSpecialist Four · December 22, 1968
- DENNIS MICHAEL AYERSPrivate First Class · December 22, 1968
From Williamsport
- HERMAN K DURRWACHTER JRCaptain · January 13, 1962
- WILLIAM GEORGE COREYPrivate First Class · September 1, 1963
- JAMES MONROE GEHRIG JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- EARL GARLAND DOWNEYAirman First Class · June 28, 1965
- EDWARD JOSEPH TICE IIICorporal · April 21, 1967
- GARY BENNETT STEPHENSSpecialist Four · August 14, 1967
- TIMOTHY PETERSON VOGELPrivate First Class · August 27, 1967
- HARRY LEE SCHLEESecond Lieutenant · October 27, 1967
- JAMES E LYONSSpecialist Four · November 18, 1967
- MATTHEW F SHARPNACKSergeant · November 24, 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.