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ROBERT DONALD LETSCH JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 17, 1948 – July 17, 1968
Service recordRobert Donald Letsch JR, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 45
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Cedar Falls, Iowa (Black Hawk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 45
- GARY LEE LABONTECorporal · July 17, 1968
- MICHAEL PHILLIP MADRIDHospitalman · July 17, 1968
- DEAN EDWARD NICHOLASLance Corporal · July 17, 1968
- LIONEL PARRA JRMajor · July 17, 1968
From Cedar Falls
- ROBERT JOHN HIBBSSecond Lieutenant · March 5, 1966
- DANIEL JEROME HILTONLance Corporal · September 25, 1968
- LAWRENCE W WHITFORD JRColonel · November 2, 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.