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ROBERT JAMES VANLEEUWEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 6, 1948 – May 6, 1967
Service recordRobert James Vanleeuwen, of Rockford, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Structure Specialist (51C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 523 ENG CO 34 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- May 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Rockford, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 51
- GARY WAYNE PRICEPrivate First Class · May 6, 1967
- CLIFFORD M RHODES JRCorporal · May 6, 1967
- DONALD ROBERT SORENSENLance Corporal · May 6, 1967
- THOMAS C EVANSStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1967
From Rockford
- THOMAS WILLIAM KEMPPrivate First Class · May 30, 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.