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ROBERT MICHAEL WAINZ
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 1, 1946 – April 24, 1967
Service recordRobert Michael Wainz, of Freeport, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 24, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 83
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Freeport, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1967; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 83
- JAMES LYLE BELLCorporal · April 25, 1967
- LARRY GENE BONNELLFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 1967
- JERRY CAPEPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- DALE EUGENE CARMICHAELPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
From Freeport
- RICHARD F LABARBERAPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- DON BROWN PARSONS JRLieutenant Commander · September 19, 1966
- VICTOR JOSEPH RUGGERO JRPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- DENNIS PATRICK MOLESEPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- JAMES LEE SHANKSMajor · May 24, 1968
- KEVIN BERNARD MCGOVERNSergeant · July 12, 1968
- BRUCE ROBERT J N SWEENEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1968
- VIESTURS REIKMANISSpecialist Four · August 6, 1969
- THOMAS LAWRENCE MORANOSpecialist Four · February 8, 1970
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.