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ROBERT LEE FLECK
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 6, 1948 – October 19, 1967
Service recordRobert Lee Fleck, of Costa, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 19, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 40
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Costa, West Virginia (Boone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1967; two of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 28E, Line 40
- BURDETTE DELROY GRAHAMSpecialist Four · October 19, 1967
- GLENN GATES JACKSMajor · October 19, 1967
- DUDLEY NORMAN JORDANSergeant · October 19, 1967
- KENNETH DILLARD KREHBIELCaptain · October 19, 1967
From Costa
- DANA EDWARD NELSONCorporal · March 28, 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.