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ROBERT LOUIS CLOUTIER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 16, 1947 – May 21, 1966
Service recordRobert Louis Cloutier, of Somerset, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 21, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 94
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Somerset, Wisconsin (St Croix County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1966; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 94
- LOUIS BUCKLEY JRSergeant First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAVID STEPHEN CROCKERSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
From Somerset
- JAMES ALOYSIUS SCHACHTNERSergeant · June 29, 1970
- JON EDWARD REEDSergeant · September 6, 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.