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ROBERT WALTER WHITNEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 10, 1948 – February 16, 1969
Service recordRobert Walter Whitney, of Riverdale, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 16, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 47
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Riverdale, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 47
- NORMAND PAUL PERRONWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1969
- HAROLD J VANWINKLE JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1969
- WILLIAM MICHAEL WOGANSergeant First Class · February 16, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM BELLPrivate First Class · February 17, 1969
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.