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ROBERT MARK WALKLEY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 28, 1947 – March 24, 1969
Service recordRobert Mark Walkley, of Ionia, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 24, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 31
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Born
- October 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Ionia, Michigan (Ionia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 31
- MICHAEL VALUNASSergeant · March 24, 1969
- GARY LEE WEEKLEYSpecialist Four · March 24, 1969
- DENNIS ALAN WILLIAMSPrivate · March 24, 1969
- JOHNNY YOUNGPrivate First Class · March 24, 1969
From Ionia
- TERRY ALLEN TOWNESergeant · October 4, 1968
- DEWEY RUSSELL DECKERPetty Officer Third Class · May 15, 1969
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.