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Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969.
Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969. Photo: U.S. Marine Corps, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Robert Lewis McIntyre.

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ROBERT LEWIS MCINTYRE

Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps

November 26, 1946 – July 24, 1967

Service record

Robert Lewis McIntyre, of Houston, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 24, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 23E · Line 116

Position of Panel 23E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Marine Corps
Rank
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Rifleman (0311)
Unit (as recorded)
B CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV
Born
November 26, 1946
Home of record
Houston, Texas (Harris County)

Casualty

Date of death
July 24, 1967
Age
20
Province
Thua Thien
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

14 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 23E, Line 116

From Houston

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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.