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ROBERT RICHARD TOLPA
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 22, 1949 – August 24, 1968
Service recordRobert Richard Tolpa, of Chicopee, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 24, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 9
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
- Communication Center Operator (2542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 3 AMTRAC N 1 MARDIV
- Born
- February 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicopee, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1968
- 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
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 9
- GEORGE W SMITH JRSpecialist Four · August 24, 1968
- CARMELO SOSA-HIRALDOPrivate First Class · August 24, 1968
- RAYMOND PAUL SPINLERSpecialist Four · August 24, 1968
- JAMES LAFON TARTEFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1968
From Chicopee
- ROBERT OMER GAGNEFirst Lieutenant · July 28, 1967
- ROGER JOSEPH DUMONTPrivate First Class · March 28, 1969
- ROBERT RAOUL DOWDSPrivate First Class · May 5, 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.