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ROBERT WILLIAM TOPHAM JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 28, 1948 – February 22, 1969
Service recordRobert William Topham JR, of Wrentham, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 22, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Wrentham, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1969; 15 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 85
- KEVIN EDWARD TWEEDLEPrivate First Class · February 22, 1969
- MICHAEL ALAN VOSSPrivate First Class · February 22, 1969
- RHENA CHARLES WEBSTERPrivate First Class · February 22, 1969
- RONALD CLIFTON WEEMSSergeant · February 22, 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.