Robert Walter Whitney
Private First Class
D CO, 1ST BN, 7TH MARINES, 1ST MARDIV, III MAF
United States Marine Corps
Riverdale, Illinois
January 10, 1948 to February 16, 1969
ROBERT W WHITNEY is on the Wall at Panel W32, Line 47

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Robert W Whitney
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12 Jan 2004

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Although Bob was five years younger than me, we grew up together as next door neighbors since there weren't that many others on our block his age. He left for Vietnam about four months before I did and was killed in action only a month into his tour. He was a good friend and I think of him all of the time.


 

A Note from The Virtual Wall

Delta 1/7 Marines lost six men on 16 Feb 1969 while assaulting a large North Vietnamese Army force in a well-entrenched position in Quang Nam Province: PFC Robert Whitney was the only man from Riverdale, Illinois, to die in Vietnam.

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