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ROBERT PATRICK RUMLEY JR
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
August 5, 1942 – May 18, 1968
Service recordRobert Patrick Rumley JR, of Bedford, Massachusetts, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 18, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Temp/Perm Disability Retired List (Over 120 Days)
- Unit (as recorded)
- CO F 2 BN 1 MAR DIV
- Born
- August 5, 1942
- Home of record
- Bedford, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Gunshot
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1968. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 95
- WILLIAM RICHARD DUMASPrivate First Class · January 29, 1967
- CHARLES EARL FAGGETTStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1967
- PERRY LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · January 29, 1967
- ALFRED BYRON MAYCorporal · January 29, 1967
- LYNN LEROY MILESSergeant · January 29, 1967
From Bedford
- DENNIS MICHAEL ONEILLPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
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; panel and line confirmed against the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces because the federal record was incomplete. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.