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ROBERT RAY CATHERMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 17, 1948 – June 7, 1969
Service recordRobert Ray Catherman, of Baldwinsville, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 7, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 99
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- K CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- February 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Baldwinsville, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1969; 38 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 99
- RICHARD LAWRENCE DELANEYSergeant · June 7, 1969
- ANTHONY DUTYSpecialist Four · June 7, 1969
- LARRY JAMES EGLINSDOERFERLance Corporal · June 7, 1969
- HENRY C ETTEL JRLance Corporal · June 7, 1969
From Baldwinsville
- CARL HARVEY TORELLOSergeant First Class · December 26, 1965
- JAMES ARNOLD SEARIGHTPrivate First Class · March 13, 1967
- THOMAS ROY WALSHPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
- KARL FREDERICK PERRYFirst Lieutenant · April 2, 1968
- DOUGLAS ALAN PAIGEFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 1968
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.