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JOHN ROBERT LEE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 8, 1946 – September 17, 1966
Service recordJohn Robert Lee, of Four Oaks, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Four Oaks, North Carolina (Johnston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 10E, Line 107
- WILLIAM WALLACE NEWTONChief Petty Officer · February 17, 1960
- JAMES ANTHONY KIGERLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- BILLIE DWAINE LANDERSStaff Sergeant · September 17, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL LEAPHARTCorporal · September 17, 1966
- DAREL DEAN LEETUNLieutenant Colonel · September 17, 1966
From Four Oaks
- DANNY WEST JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 5, 1968
- HERMAN LEE MCCLAMBPrivate First Class · December 17, 1968
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.