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ROBERT MASEDA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 14, 1949 – July 30, 1970
Service recordRobert Maseda, of Port Lavaca, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 30, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- E CO 2 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- December 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Port Lavaca, Texas (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 69
- JEROLD FRANKLINPrivate First Class · July 30, 1970
- EDISON AMOS HARKINS IIICorporal · July 30, 1970
- HAROLD UTAH HAYESSergeant First Class · July 30, 1970
- FORREST HUGHY HOLLIFIELDFirst Lieutenant · July 30, 1970
From Port Lavaca
- RICHARD KNAPPLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- JIMMY MICHAEL TROLLINGERPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- JESSIE CHARLES ALBASergeant · May 25, 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.