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ROBERT VICTOR KEMP
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 14, 1942 – August 15, 1967
Service recordRobert Victor Kemp, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 15, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 113
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- December 14, 1942
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, Arkansas (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 113
- DOUGLAS R DICKERSON JRLance Corporal · August 15, 1967
- GORDON PATTERSON EADIELance Corporal · August 15, 1967
- PATRICK JAY FLEMINGLance Corporal · August 15, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM HUNLEYPrivate First Class · August 15, 1967
From Fayetteville
- HOWARD HUGH WITHEYCorporal · June 6, 1967
- HARMON L REMMEL IIIFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1968
- BOBBY JOE DUNHAMSergeant First Class · January 9, 1969
- VIRGIL KERSH MERONEY IIICaptain · March 1, 1969
- SANFORD JAMES LEDBETTERSergeant · August 27, 1969
- EDWARD BRUCE MELODYWarrant Officer 1 · February 23, 1970
- MARVIN ROSS KEETERSergeant · December 2, 1971
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.