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ROBERT ROLAND WATROUS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 26, 1946 – August 16, 1967
Service recordRobert Roland Watrous, of Coos Bay, Oregon, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 16, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 4
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- October 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Coos Bay, Oregon (Coos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 4
- RONALD PAUL WINTERSFirst Lieutenant · August 16, 1967
- ROBERT W BATESSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
- JOSEPH BENSONSpecialist Five · August 17, 1967
- JOHN CURTIS BURDENHospitalman · August 17, 1967
From Coos Bay
- MONTY DUWAYNE BUTTONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- GEORGE ALFRED HOLLADAYSergeant · July 15, 1967
- RICHARD LEE DOOLEYPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- EDGAR JOHN UDELLSpecialist Four · December 25, 1967
- DENNIS CARL SHIVELYLance Corporal · March 24, 1968
- GRADY RAY NELSONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1968
- MICHAEL HOWARD CAVANAGHPetty Officer Second Class · June 2, 1969
- JAMES RAY MUTHPrivate First Class · March 7, 1970
- JOHN CHARLES STRAUSERSergeant First Class · February 2, 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.