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ROBERT WESLEY WILFONG
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 13, 1947 – July 29, 1967
Service recordRobert Wesley Wilfong, of South Whitley, Indiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 29, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 49
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- February 13, 1947
- Home of record
- South Whitley, Indiana (Whitley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1967
- 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
184 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1967; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 49
- ALLEN JOSEPH WHITELance Corporal · July 29, 1967
- FRED DONALD WHITELieutenant Commander · July 29, 1967
- WILLIAM ANTHONY WILKSecond Lieutenant · July 29, 1967
- KERRY DEAN WISDOMAirman · July 29, 1967
From South Whitley
- AVERY MERRILL NYE IIICorporal · March 16, 1970
- LYLE ELTON SMITHSergeant · February 19, 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.