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ROBERT LYNN MCCALLISTER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 30, 1943 – January 11, 1968
Service recordRobert Lynn McCallister, of Oak Ridge, Missouri, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 11, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 30
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 30, 1943
- Home of record
- Oak Ridge, Missouri (Cape Girardeau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 30
- JAMES RICHARD LOYHospitalman · January 11, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL MANCINIPetty Officer Second Class · January 11, 1968
- TERRY LYNN MEYERPetty Officer Third Class · January 11, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS OLESNANIKCorporal · January 11, 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.