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ROBERT PETER SCHENA
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 12, 1941 – January 11, 1967
Service recordRobert Peter Schena, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 11, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- December 12, 1941
- Home of record
- Haverhill, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 12
- GARY DON SHIELDSFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1967
- G LYLE STETTENSpecialist Four · January 11, 1967
- JOHN LEE STRICKLANDPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- JOHN ONEIL WELSH JRPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
From Haverhill
- RALPH BASILIEREPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- ARTHUR PAUL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
- RICHARD ORIN DEMARISPrivate · January 15, 1967
- WILLIAM LAWRENCE BONNELLStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1967
- FREDERICK GEORGE DEROCHERCorporal · December 12, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES GAMBINOPrivate First Class · September 22, 1970
- WILLIAM JOSEPH CAHILLWarrant Officer 1 · October 18, 1970
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.