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ROBERT STEVEN MCBETH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 26, 1947 – September 6, 1967
Service recordRobert Steven McBeth, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 6, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 14
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- December 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1967; 47 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 14
- SAMUEL RUSSELL MCGEE IIIPetty Officer Third Class · September 6, 1967
- LOREN LEE MORFORDSpecialist Four · September 6, 1967
- GEORGE ALFRED NASH JRLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- SAMUEL ARTHUR OATES JRPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 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.