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ROBERT JOHN LYSAGHT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 28, 1947 – July 25, 1966
Service recordRobert John Lysaght, of New Rochelle, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 25, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 28, 1947
- Home of record
- New Rochelle, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1966; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 75
- GERARD MARTIN KIESWETTERMajor · July 25, 1966
- LEO CHARLES LAWSONCorporal · July 25, 1966
- ROBERT CLAYTON MOORESergeant · July 25, 1966
- ROBERT RAY MYLESStaff Sergeant · July 25, 1966
From New Rochelle
- HEZEKIAH GEORGEPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
- JAMES WILLIAM EISNERPrivate First Class · November 3, 1966
- WALTER LUDWIG HAMMERSCHLAGPrivate First Class · December 8, 1966
- FREDERICK JAMES CARRATUROSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- JOHN LOUIS OLSENCorporal · June 21, 1967
- THELBERT ALLYSON JAMESPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- ONEAL WRIGHTLance Corporal · January 31, 1968
- WILLIAM LESTER NEWSOMEPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- JAMES WESLEY BARBOURPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- RONALD CHARLES EDWARDSLance Corporal · October 13, 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.