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ROBERT EDWARD LEAMEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 9, 1947 – March 6, 1969
Service recordRobert Edward Leamen, of Redmond, Oregon, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Redmond, Oregon (Deschutes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1969; five of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 57
- DOUGLAS OSCAR LOONEYPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- DAVID GLEN LOVITTSpecialist Four · March 6, 1969
- STEVE EDWIN LOWERYCorporal · March 6, 1969
- PHILIP NEWMAN MALONEPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE RICHARD AVGERINOSSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 51
- EUGENE ELDERCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 52
- STEVE EDWIN LOWERYCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 57
- CRAIG EMERY WILLIAMSCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 61
From Redmond
- TIMOTHY JAMES MEEKERCorporal · October 29, 1966
- JOHNIE BOYD MACHAULance Corporal · September 10, 1967
- DANIEL SCOTT STEELEWarrant Officer 1 · November 29, 1967
- FREDERIC PEERS WEBBSeaman · December 21, 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.