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ROBERT PATRICK SOUSA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 31, 1947 – July 10, 1966
Service recordRobert Patrick Sousa, of Alameda, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 10, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Alameda, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 16
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- JOHNNY RAY TAGMANPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 1966
From Alameda
- LOSSY RAY WANGLERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- MILTON J S SEUPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- DEREK BOYD POPESpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- BRUCE EDGAR YATESFirst Lieutenant · November 7, 1966
- VENNIE LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- GARY ANTHONY PLUMBPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- VINCENT RICHARD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- GARY TERRENCE COLEMANPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- AUSTIN BRUCE COOKStaff Sergeant · July 17, 1967
- KENNETH GRANT STOKERPrivate · July 19, 1967
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.