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ROBERT CALVIN KERCSMAR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 23, 1948 – May 11, 1969
Service recordRobert Calvin Kercsmar, of Butztown, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 11, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 50
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Butztown, Pennsylvania (Northampton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1969; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 50
- GEORGE HENRY JULESSergeant · May 11, 1969
- ROBERT GARY KOVALPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
- TERRY LEE LARSENSpecialist Four · May 11, 1969
- MICHAEL LEWIS LICKEYSpecialist Four · May 11, 1969
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.