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ROBERT THOMAS WALSH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 23, 1936 – August 10, 1966
Service recordRobert Thomas Walsh, of La Crosse, Wisconsin, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 10, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 126
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 23, 1936
- Home of record
- La Crosse, Wisconsin (La Crosse County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1966
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1966; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 126
- RICHARD WESLEY WILLIAMSONLance Corporal · August 10, 1966
- DAVID CHARLES BROSTROMLieutenant (junior grade) · August 11, 1966
- JOHN ANDREW CARDOTCorporal · August 11, 1966
- AUBREY CAULEYStaff Sergeant · August 11, 1966
From La Crosse
- CHARLES LEON DAVIDSONPlatoon Sergeant · March 9, 1966
- TERRY WAYNE LORENZPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- RUSSELL OLE LEDEGARPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- PETER JOHN CARLSONSecond Lieutenant · May 11, 1967
- BRUCE RICHARD SCOTTPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
- PAUL ANTHONY OESTREICHERSpecialist Four · October 6, 1967
- WALLACE LEE GIESENPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- ANTHONY JOSEPH BREUERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- RUSSELL CARL HAASSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- MICHAEL BRUCE TURNERCorporal · May 11, 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.