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ROBERT RICHARD EGGLESTON
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 29, 1929 – June 25, 1966
Service recordRobert Richard Eggleston, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 25, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 92
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
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- September 29, 1929
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1966; 17 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 92
- CHARLES M EDWARDSStaff Sergeant · June 25, 1966
- THOMAS CLIFFORD EDWARDSPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- RONALD K GRAYLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.