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ROBERT WALTER JARONIK
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 25, 1936 – June 29, 1968
Service recordRobert Walter Jaronik, of South Bend, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 29, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 17
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantryman (0300)
- Born
- April 25, 1936
- Home of record
- South Bend, Indiana (St Joseph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 17
- GARY ROGER HINTHERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1968
- GUERRERO KINNY SAN N LEONCorporal · June 29, 1968
- MICHAEL LOUIS LEWIS JRFirst Lieutenant · June 29, 1968
- EDWARD BYRON LINDSEYSpecialist Four · June 29, 1968
From South Bend
- JOHN RUSSELL HILLSMajor · February 14, 1966
- RONALD LEE RUNKELLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- ALLEN L HIGGINBOTHANSpecialist Four · April 2, 1966
- EVEANS JERRY STULTSSergeant · September 2, 1966
- KENNETH EUGENE KASAStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1967
- LARRY FLOYD JANKOWSKIPrivate · May 8, 1967
- RUSSELL PERRY MILLERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- LONNIE MICHAEL HOLMESSergeant · June 15, 1967
- LEE CHARL HITCHCOCKCaptain · September 10, 1967
- MICHAEL JENNINGS HALLSecond Lieutenant · January 8, 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.