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ROBERT EDWARD LEA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 13, 1947 – April 26, 1968
Service recordRobert Edward Lea, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 21
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 21
- MILTON ARTHUR LEEPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- EDDIE LEE MILLERSergeant First Class · April 26, 1968
- FRED ANTHONY MILLERPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- KURT MUELLER JRPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD KIETH DUDLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 17
- BILLY REX FOSTERSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 18
- STEVE ALDMAN HARDINGStaff Sergeant · Panel 52E, Line 18
- EARL PHILLIP SUMMERSILLPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 24
- JAMES WILLIE TERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 25
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.