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ROBERT SCHRACK MATERN
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 2, 1941 – June 1, 1967
Service recordRobert Schrack Matern, of Worcester, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 1, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 28
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- December 2, 1941
- Home of record
- Worcester, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 28
- LARRY WILLIAM KNIGHTHospitalman · June 1, 1967
- FRED VINCENT LEELance Corporal · June 1, 1967
- CLAYTON BENTLEY LOWE JRSpecialist Four · June 1, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH PETERSENSpecialist Four · June 1, 1967
From Worcester
- THOM THURSTON OSBORNPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE DRAKE JRHospitalman · March 20, 1966
- ROBERT J DIREDAPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD CAPUANOPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- DANIEL VICTOR MANZAROCorporal · April 1, 1966
- RALPH VICTOR RENAULD JRPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- WALTER STEPHAN MOONEYLance Corporal · September 5, 1966
- RICHARD CHARLES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- RUSSELL PETER BOTTMaster Sergeant · December 2, 1966
- ALLAN PHILIP COLLAMORE JRLieutenant Commander · February 4, 1967
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.