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BERT DOUGLAS LEFLER
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 29, 1946 – January 19, 1968
Service recordBert Douglas Lefler, of Eubank, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1968, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Eubank, Kentucky (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 97 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 78
- RANDOLPH ROBERT JONESSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- ROOSEVELT JONESMaster Sergeant · January 19, 1968
- JACK JOSEPH KUPFERERPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- FLOYD CAMILLE LACHNEYSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND ALBERT GIGNACMaster Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 76
- RONALD LEE RICKARDPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 81
From Eubank
- EDWARD LEE POLSONPrivate First Class · December 22, 1967
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.