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ROBERT MELVIN LOUGH JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 27, 1941 – February 23, 1969
Service recordRobert Melvin Lough JR, of Moundsville, West Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 23, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 9
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ammunition Technician (2311)
- Born
- August 27, 1941
- Home of record
- Moundsville, West Virginia (Marshall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; 83 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 9
- HAROLD SHERMAN LONERGANMajor · February 23, 1969
- DENNIS JOSEPH LORENZINISergeant · February 23, 1969
- LOUIS VINCENT MARCIANOSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- RICHARD STRODE MARKSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
From Moundsville
- KERMIT HAROLD YOHOSpecialist Four · February 10, 1966
- JOSEPH CLAIR AUSTINColonel · March 19, 1967
- LOYAL BARON DOTYPetty Officer First Class · February 9, 1968
- LEONARD JOE ZELASKI JRLance Corporal · March 2, 1968
- WILLIAM CARL WHITLATCH JRSergeant · December 12, 1969
- GLEN LEE FULLERTONTechnical Sergeant · July 2, 1971
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.