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ROBERT MITCHELL SAWAYA
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 3, 1945 – December 15, 1967
Service recordRobert Mitchell Sawaya, of Orem, Utah, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 15, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 5
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Orem, Utah (Utah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 5
- JOHN H LATTIN JRFirst Lieutenant · December 15, 1967
- JOHN DONALD ROCHESergeant First Class · December 15, 1967
- MICHAEL DENNIS SANDERCorporal · December 15, 1967
- PATRICK JACKSON SMITHSpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
From Orem
- RAYMOND ALEXANDER DAVISPrivate First Class · February 11, 1966
- GARY NEIL FOSTERPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
- JEFFERY ALAN GOSSLance Corporal · May 24, 1968
- KENT CHILDS TAYLORSpecialist Four · May 14, 1970
- RALPH JIM CHIPMANCaptain · December 27, 1972
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.