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ROBERT SANCHEZ FERNANDEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 4, 1944 – May 20, 1965
Service recordRobert Sanchez Fernandez, of Stockton, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 20, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 122
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)
- Born
- May 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Stockton, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 122
- JIMMY CLIFORD STINNETTSeaman · May 21, 1965
- BERNARD JAMES KELLEYSergeant First Class · May 22, 1965
- RONALD IRWIN KRAUSSAirman Second Class · May 22, 1965
- HARRY RAY SWIGERSergeant First Class · May 22, 1965
From Stockton
- RAPHAEL CRUZStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1963
- RICHARD LEBROU WHITESIDESCaptain · March 26, 1964
- ROLAND VINCENT JAGER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1964
- BENJIMAN BROOKSSergeant · November 18, 1965
- ROMIRO C RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 1, 1965
- RONALD EUGENE CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- STANLEY KENTON SEMLERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN WAGNERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JOHN LEIGH MCCARTYCorporal · March 28, 1966
- EMMANUEL DAVID WHITLEYSpecialist Four · April 16, 1966
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.