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ROBERT OLIVER BALMER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 8, 1947 – November 20, 1965
Service recordRobert Oliver Balmer, of Oceanport, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 20, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Oceanport, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 102
- FRANK DONALD TRYPUSSergeant · November 19, 1965
- DAVID LEE VARVELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 19, 1965
- RICHARD DALE BRODAPrivate First Class · November 20, 1965
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
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.