Robert E. Askam Viet War Victim
PFC Robert E. Askam, 19, son of Mrs. Eva A. Powell, wife of Robert Powell, 200 Miami street. was killed in action seven miles north of Dong Ha, Quang Tri Province, Vietnam, Tuesday, June 17, according to word received by his mother yesterday from Marine Capt. George A. Ravan, Lima.
PFC Askam received multiple fragment wounds of the body and head from an enemy grenade while on patrol.
A native of Tiffin and a 1968 graduate of Columbian high school, PFC Askam trained at Parris Island and Camp Le Jeune, and was sent to Vietnam shortly before last Christmas. He had been employed by Frosted Foods and by Tiffin Enterprise before entering the Marine Corps. He was born here May 5, 1950.
Surviving are his mother and step-father, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Powell, brothers and sisters, Daniel, of Lebanon, Mo.; Mrs. Joseph (Marlene) Zender, Columbus; Steve, Linda, Jeanne, and Kenneth Askam, all at home; half-sisters and a half-brother. Christine, Diane, Theresa, and Timothy Powell, all at home; and grandmothers, Mrs. Clare Vera, Bascom, and Mrs. Gladys Askam, Tiffin.
The body is to be brought to the Pahl-Nemeth funeral home here, and arrangements for services will be made after time of arrival has been learned. (Tiffin Advertiser Tribune, June 23, 1969)
Robert Eugene Askam
Private First Class
PERSONAL DATA
Home of Record: Tiffin, Ohio
Date of birth: Friday, 05/05/1950
MILITARY DATA
Service: Marine Corps (Regular)
Grade at loss: E2
Rank: Private First Class
ID No: 2478936
MOS: 0331 Machine Gunner
LenSvc: Less than one year
Unit: K CO, 3RD BN, 3RD MARINES, 3RD MARDIV
CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: Friday, 12/20/1968
Cas Date: Tuesday, 06/17/1969
Age at Loss: 19
Remains: Body recovered
Location: Quang Tri, South Vietnam
Type: Hostile, died outright
Reason: Other explosive device - Ground casualty
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PFC Robert E. Askam, 19, son of Mrs. Eva A. Powell, wife of Robert Powell, 200 Miami street. was killed in action seven miles north of Dong Ha, Quang Tri Province, Vietnam, Tuesday, June 17, according to word received by his mother yesterday from Marine Capt. George A. Ravan, Lima.
PFC Askam received multiple fragment wounds of the body and head from an enemy grenade while on patrol.
A native of Tiffin and a 1968 graduate of Columbian high school, PFC Askam trained at Parris Island and Camp Le Jeune, and was sent to Vietnam shortly before last Christmas. He had been employed by Frosted Foods and by Tiffin Enterprise before entering the Marine Corps. He was born here May 5, 1950.
Surviving are his mother and step-father, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Powell, brothers and sisters, Daniel, of Lebanon, Mo.; Mrs. Joseph (Marlene) Zender, Columbus; Steve, Linda, Jeanne, and Kenneth Askam, all at home; half-sisters and a half-brother. Christine, Diane, Theresa, and Timothy Powell, all at home; and grandmothers, Mrs. Clare Vera, Bascom, and Mrs. Gladys Askam, Tiffin.
The body is to be brought to the Pahl-Nemeth funeral home here, and arrangements for services will be made after time of arrival has been learned. (Tiffin Advertiser Tribune, June 23, 1969)
Robert Eugene Askam
Private First Class
PERSONAL DATA
Home of Record: Tiffin, Ohio
Date of birth: Friday, 05/05/1950
MILITARY DATA
Service: Marine Corps (Regular)
Grade at loss: E2
Rank: Private First Class
ID No: 2478936
MOS: 0331 Machine Gunner
LenSvc: Less than one year
Unit: K CO, 3RD BN, 3RD MARINES, 3RD MARDIV
CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: Friday, 12/20/1968
Cas Date: Tuesday, 06/17/1969
Age at Loss: 19
Remains: Body recovered
Location: Quang Tri, South Vietnam
Type: Hostile, died outright
Reason: Other explosive device - Ground casualty
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Robert E. Askam Viet War Victim
PFC Robert E. Askam, 19, son of Mrs. Eva A. Powell, wife of Robert Powell, 200 Miami street. was killed in action seven miles north of Dong Ha, Quang Tri Province, Vietnam, Tuesday, June 17, according to word received by his mother yesterday from Marine Capt. George A. Ravan, Lima.
PFC Askam received multiple fragment wounds of the body and head from an enemy grenade while on patrol.
A native of Tiffin and a 1968 graduate of Columbian high school, PFC Askam trained at Parris Island and Camp Le Jeune, and was sent to Vietnam shortly before last Christmas. He had been employed by Frosted Foods and by Tiffin Enterprise before entering the Marine Corps. He was born here May 5, 1950.
Surviving are his mother and step-father, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Powell, brothers and sisters, Daniel, of Lebanon, Mo.; Mrs. Joseph (Marlene) Zender, Columbus; Steve, Linda, Jeanne, and Kenneth Askam, all at home; half-sisters and a half-brother. Christine, Diane, Theresa, and Timothy Powell, all at home; and grandmothers, Mrs. Clare Vera, Bascom, and Mrs. Gladys Askam, Tiffin.
The body is to be brought to the Pahl-Nemeth funeral home here, and arrangements for services will be made after time of arrival has been learned. (Tiffin Advertiser Tribune, June 23, 1969)
Robert Eugene Askam
Private First Class
PERSONAL DATA
Home of Record: Tiffin, Ohio
Date of birth: Friday, 05/05/1950
MILITARY DATA
Service: Marine Corps (Regular)
Grade at loss: E2
Rank: Private First Class
ID No: 2478936
MOS: 0331 Machine Gunner
LenSvc: Less than one year
Unit: K CO, 3RD BN, 3RD MARINES, 3RD MARDIV
CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: Friday, 12/20/1968
Cas Date: Tuesday, 06/17/1969
Age at Loss: 19
Remains: Body recovered
Location: Quang Tri, South Vietnam
Type: Hostile, died outright
Reason: Other explosive device - Ground casualty
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PFC Robert E. Askam, 19, son of Mrs. Eva A. Powell, wife of Robert Powell, 200 Miami street. was killed in action seven miles north of Dong Ha, Quang Tri Province, Vietnam, Tuesday, June 17, according to word received by his mother yesterday from Marine Capt. George A. Ravan, Lima.
PFC Askam received multiple fragment wounds of the body and head from an enemy grenade while on patrol.
A native of Tiffin and a 1968 graduate of Columbian high school, PFC Askam trained at Parris Island and Camp Le Jeune, and was sent to Vietnam shortly before last Christmas. He had been employed by Frosted Foods and by Tiffin Enterprise before entering the Marine Corps. He was born here May 5, 1950.
Surviving are his mother and step-father, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Powell, brothers and sisters, Daniel, of Lebanon, Mo.; Mrs. Joseph (Marlene) Zender, Columbus; Steve, Linda, Jeanne, and Kenneth Askam, all at home; half-sisters and a half-brother. Christine, Diane, Theresa, and Timothy Powell, all at home; and grandmothers, Mrs. Clare Vera, Bascom, and Mrs. Gladys Askam, Tiffin.
The body is to be brought to the Pahl-Nemeth funeral home here, and arrangements for services will be made after time of arrival has been learned. (Tiffin Advertiser Tribune, June 23, 1969)
Robert Eugene Askam
Private First Class
PERSONAL DATA
Home of Record: Tiffin, Ohio
Date of birth: Friday, 05/05/1950
MILITARY DATA
Service: Marine Corps (Regular)
Grade at loss: E2
Rank: Private First Class
ID No: 2478936
MOS: 0331 Machine Gunner
LenSvc: Less than one year
Unit: K CO, 3RD BN, 3RD MARINES, 3RD MARDIV
CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: Friday, 12/20/1968
Cas Date: Tuesday, 06/17/1969
Age at Loss: 19
Remains: Body recovered
Location: Quang Tri, South Vietnam
Type: Hostile, died outright
Reason: Other explosive device - Ground casualty
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