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ROBERT MARTIN KUNER JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 1, 1949 – June 15, 1970
Service recordRobert Martin Kuner JR, of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 15, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- December 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania (Beaver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 56
- ROBERT LEE HENDERSONSergeant First Class · June 15, 1970
- RONALD MANNINGPrivate First Class · June 15, 1970
- KENNETH WAYNE MARTINSergeant · June 15, 1970
- MARK SYLVESTER BEHRENTPrivate First Class · June 16, 1970
From Beaver Falls
- JOHN LEROY STRALEYPrivate First Class · January 18, 1964
- ROBERT HOWARD CARR JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1966
- DAVID CARL LOUTHANLance Corporal · November 29, 1966
- THOMAS RICHARD MARKPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- WILLIAM HOWARD GOEDEKERPrivate First Class · August 24, 1967
- ROBERT CLARENCE HOWARDStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1967
- NICHOLAS SAMUEL VRANKOVICHLance Corporal · May 24, 1968
- CHARLES THOMAS ROEDERSergeant · October 29, 1968
- RONNIE LEE ECKENROADPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- THOMAS WILLIAM STRATHMANNCorporal · June 8, 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.