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ROBERT PAUL MARSDEN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 5, 1951 – January 20, 1971
Service recordRobert Paul Marsden, of Randolph, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 20, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 57
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
- May 5, 1951
- Home of record
- Randolph, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 57
- JAMES FRANKLIN THAMESLieutenant · January 19, 1971
- HESSIE ALLEN BROOKSSpecialist Five · January 20, 1971
- JAMES RAY GARTENSergeant · January 20, 1971
- TOMMY HUBERT IVEYSpecialist Four · January 20, 1971
From Randolph
- EDWARD JOHN SCAHILLPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL CARTWRIGHTSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- PHILIP T DELORENZO JRPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- AMBROSE P TANASSO JRPrivate First Class · December 24, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES FLOOD JRSpecialist Four · March 11, 1971
- JAMES EDWARD TIGHESpecialist Four · May 21, 1971
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.