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ROBERT THOMAS VERGANO
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 14, 1948 – June 27, 1966
Service recordRobert Thomas Vergano, of Merced, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 27, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- January 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Merced, California (Merced County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1966; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 102
- GENE ALBERT SMITHCommander · June 27, 1966
- DONALD EUGENE STAHLSergeant · June 27, 1966
- LOUIS EUGENE WALTONSpecialist Five · June 27, 1966
- ARTHUR MURRY WOODPrivate First Class · June 27, 1966
From Merced
- JUAN BORJA VALTIERRALance Corporal · January 5, 1966
- JAMMIE VAN FRANKLINStaff Sergeant · July 26, 1967
- WILLIAM E LAWSONMaster Sergeant · September 9, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM MCMASTERPrivate First Class · October 8, 1967
- JIMMIE WAYNE JONESCorporal · October 22, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH WRIGHTLieutenant Commander · November 2, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY REEDY JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 16, 1968
- JOHN HOWARD SUYDAM IIISpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- RICHARD GRANADOSSpecialist Four · March 5, 1968
- RALPH HENRY PADILLAPrivate · June 12, 1968
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.