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ROBERT JOHN LESKA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 20, 1947 – May 5, 1968
Service recordRobert John Leska, of Trumbull, Connecticut, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Trumbull, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 24 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 55E, Line 21
- RICHARD GARY LEWISWarrant Officer 1 · May 5, 1968
- STEVEN LEWISLance Corporal · May 5, 1968
- DONALD EVERETT LOWECorporal · May 5, 1968
- RONALD MIDDLETONPrivate · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT SAMUEL ALLENCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 42
- BRUCE RICHARD BACKESSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 42
- CORTLAND ELLIS DENNISONCorporal · Panel 55E, Line 9
- MALCOLM CYRIL DULACFirst Sergeant · Panel 55E, Line 10
- JAMES DONAHUE FERGUSONSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 11
- RICHARD AL GREENPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 14
- SHERRON EVERETT HARBISONSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 15
- ARTHUR ROBERT HENNINGCorporal · Panel 55E, Line 17
- DENNIS EDWARD HINTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 55E, Line 17
- RONALD ARWED HILLMANCorporal · Panel 55E, Line 19
- DONALD EVERETT LOWECorporal · Panel 55E, Line 21
- JIMMY RAY MOORECorporal · Panel 55E, Line 24
- ELBERT DARRELL POFFSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 27
- FRANCIS JOSEPH ROBINSONSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 29
- CRAIG ALLEN ROODSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 29
- DONALD RAY STEPHENSONSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 32
- BRUCE WAYNE TABORPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 32
- FRANK WRIGHT WEBBFirst Lieutenant · Panel 55E, Line 35
- RICHARD FOY WELLSSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 35
From Trumbull
- GERALD LEE BOURDEAUPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- STEPHEN GRADY PECKSpecialist Four · March 6, 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.