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STEPHEN FRANK ROBAR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 7, 1947 – January 16, 1969
Service recordStephen Frank Robar, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 16, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 17
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
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- January 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1969; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 17
- CHRISTABOL TOBY MCCLUREPrivate First Class · January 16, 1969
- JERRY ARNOLD MCFALLSPrivate First Class · January 16, 1969
- JON OWEN OSHEIMPrivate First Class · January 16, 1969
- DAVID JAMES RIDEOUTSergeant · January 16, 1969
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 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.