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ROBERT WILLIAM ELLIOTT
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 31, 1945 – August 9, 1970
Service recordRobert William Elliott, of Woodbury, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 9, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 97
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wireman (2511)
- Born
- August 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Woodbury, New Jersey (Gloucester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 97
- DENNIS WAYNE BAXLEYSergeant · August 9, 1970
- IVERY LEE BAXTERPrivate First Class · August 9, 1970
- SHAWN GLEN CANNONWarrant Officer 1 · August 9, 1970
- WILBERT JASPER JONES JRStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1970
From Woodbury
- ROBERT PHILIP CATLINGSpecialist Four · July 3, 1966
- DONALD FRANCIS MCDOWELLPetty Officer Second Class · December 26, 1967
- FRED CONCETTO SPINALance Corporal · September 11, 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.