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ROBERT LOUIS CURRY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 27, 1944 – March 30, 1967
Service recordRobert Louis Curry, of Mansfield, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 30, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G CO 2 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- July 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Mansfield, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 71
- JERRY WAYNE CURRINLance Corporal · March 30, 1967
- MARTIN M DIANTONIO JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1967
- HENSLEY MCFADDEN DILWORTHLance Corporal · March 30, 1967
- PATRICK GALLAGHERCorporal · March 30, 1967
From Mansfield
- JAMES CHRISTOPHER ALBERTINICorporal · February 13, 1968
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.