Cpl. Robert F. White
Newmarket, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
Marker Inscription
In memory of / Cpl. Robert F. White / U. S. M. C. / Killed in Vietnam / Dec. 9, 1939 — Aug. 17, 1967
The Story
This memorial in Newmarket, New Hampshire honors Corporal Robert F. White, a United States Marine from the town who was killed in Vietnam on August 17, 1967, at the age of 27. He served during one of the war's most intense years, when American troop levels in Vietnam were climbing past 400,000 and combat losses were mounting across the country's provinces. Small New England mill towns like Newmarket felt these losses personally, and the community set this marker so that a native son's name would remain part of the place he came from.
Why it matters
Local memorials like this one turned a distant, divisive war into something intimate and enduring, ensuring that the individual Americans who served and died in Vietnam are remembered by name in their own hometowns.
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