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ROBERT WALTER CROMWELL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 7, 1948 – December 11, 1968
Service recordRobert Walter Cromwell, of Hollywood, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 1
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Hollywood, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 1
- JUAN CORTES-CASTILLOSergeant · December 11, 1968
- ALFRED JOSEPH CRITELLIPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
- LAWRENCE GEORGE EANSPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
- DENNIS EUGENE EDGESergeant · December 11, 1968
From Hollywood
- CHARLES JACOB BAIRSpecialist Six · January 29, 1966
- STEPHEN RANDALL KITTLEPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- SCOTT SIMONS MCCLOSKEYPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- HOWARD DUNCAN BENNETTWarrant Officer 1 · February 3, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS BUCKLESLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- DENNETTE A EDWARDS IIISecond Lieutenant · February 26, 1968
- KENNETH CHARLES LOCKWOODSeaman · February 29, 1968
- WILLIS ROZELLE HALLTechnical Sergeant · March 11, 1968
- CHARLES E DAVENPORT IIPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- RICHARD WARREN POWELL JRPrivate First Class · April 28, 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.