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ROBERT VASO KURILICH
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
November 21, 1937 – June 7, 1968
Service recordRobert Vaso Kurilich, of Pasadena, California, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 7, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 25
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- November 21, 1937
- Home of record
- Pasadena, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 25
- ROBERT JOHN KUCWAYPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
- JEROME DEAN KUPPERSCHMIDTCorporal · June 7, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL LEAHYPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
- RAMON LEYBAPetty Officer Third Class · June 7, 1968
From Pasadena
- WILLIAM JOSEPH PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JAMES LOUIS CARTERColonel · February 3, 1966
- VERNON EDWARD BRACKINSLance Corporal · August 29, 1966
- MARK NIGGOL ENARIFirst Lieutenant · December 2, 1966
- FRED DOUGLAS HARDYLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH SANCHEZMaster Sergeant · March 6, 1967
- DANIEL LYNN KIRSTEINPetty Officer Third Class · May 8, 1967
- THOMAS REGINALD RASCHELSpecialist Five · June 17, 1967
- JERRY EUGENE GUERRASpecialist Five · August 28, 1967
- ROGER CLARKE ROSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 8, 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.