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ROBERT LEE CENTER
Seaman · U.S. Navy
October 13, 1942 – July 11, 1967
Service recordRobert Lee Center, of Inglewood, California, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 11, 1967, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 49
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Gunner's Mate (Guns) (GMG)
- Born
- October 13, 1942
- Home of record
- Inglewood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1967; two of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 49
- ASHER AUBREY ANTHONYPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
- LOUIE DON BRISCOE JRSergeant First Class · July 11, 1967
- CHARLES NORMAN BROWNSpecialist Five · July 11, 1967
- THOMAS LEONARD CLELANDSpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
From Inglewood
- LARRY VERNON LAKEPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- ROY LOUIS RYSE JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- DONALD ZOBOBLISHLance Corporal · March 1, 1966
- DONALD RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD COSSA JRSpecialist Four · May 31, 1967
- ROBERT FENTON STEIMERSpecialist Four · June 14, 1967
- WILLIAM BYRON WEIKAL JRTechnical Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- HAROLD BAUCHIEROLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- DONALD LYNN MCALISTERCorporal · September 4, 1967
- MERLE L DUEMANMaster Sergeant · September 17, 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.