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ROBERT LEE LACOMBE
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 29, 1948 – October 18, 1969
Service recordRobert Lee Lacombe, of Brookshire, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 18, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 88
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Brookshire, Texas (Waller County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 88
- PETER EMMANUEL GUTLOFFPetty Officer Third Class · October 18, 1969
- WILLIE MORRIS JONESLance Corporal · October 18, 1969
- PAUL LAFONTAINE MARCHANTSecond Lieutenant · October 18, 1969
- WILLIAM ANDREW RUDDANPrivate · October 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN LAMONT SHARPCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 89
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.