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ROBERT NIELSEN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 14, 1946 – January 7, 1968
Service recordRobert Nielsen, of Rome, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 7, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 73
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
- Cook (3371)
- Born
- December 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Rome, New York (Oneida County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
77 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1968; 27 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 73
- BOBBY RAY MCKINNONPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MENDENHALLPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- JAMES J MORASpecialist Four · January 7, 1968
- JAMES EDMUND PEAYSpecialist Four · January 7, 1968
From Rome
- BRADFORD THOMAS GRIFFINLance Corporal · September 12, 1967
- WILLIAM CHARLES CHENEYWarrant Officer 1 · December 31, 1967
- ARTHUR RUSSELL JANSENCorporal · January 24, 1968
- HENRY F HENDERSON IIIPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- JOSEPH A MARTURANO JRPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL TANNEYLance Corporal · September 23, 1968
- ANTHONY JOHN MONTOYA JRLance Corporal · September 27, 1968
- WYATT STEPHEN THOMASPrivate First Class · November 12, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD HENDRIXSpecialist Four · January 31, 1969
- MARTIN ALLEN MCZEALSpecialist Four · June 18, 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.