LifeQs
PFC Robert Kent Mattson, USMC
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Mark Weston
Bobby has been honored by having his name added to The Wall in Washington DC. His name also appears on memorial monuments in Mt. Jackson, VA where is was recruited from, and Manchester, CT where his parents moved shortly after he enlisted into the US Marines.
Mark Weston
Bobby was killed instantly when he stepped on an anti-tank mine while clearing the road from Cam Lo to Con Thien, Quang Tri Province, Republic of Vietnam.
Mark Weston
Bobby wrote in a letter to his parents that he would never take America for granted ever again. He said that the best way to describe where he was in Vietnam as "hell on earth".