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ROBERT WYLIE LINSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 1, 1947 – February 15, 1967
Service recordRobert Wylie Linson, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 15, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 31
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
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- April 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 31
- MERVYN MAURICE CARSONCorporal · February 15, 1967
- JOSEPH MICHAEL CASSERLYPrivate · February 15, 1967
- ALLEN B CHAMBERLAINSergeant · February 15, 1967
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.