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ROBERT LESTER KESSEL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 6, 1947 – March 20, 1967
Service recordRobert Lester Kessel, of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 20, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 123
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- February 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 123
- MICHAEL HENRY JULIANPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- FREDERICK CARMEN KUNNACorporal · March 20, 1967
- CORNELIUS AFAI LAULII LAUCaptain · March 20, 1967
- BENNIE JOE PAOLANTONIOSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
From Gettysburg
- RAYMOND ELLISLieutenant · September 30, 1965
- LARRY LEROY HESSSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- JOHN CHARLES HOLOKACorporal · July 22, 1966
- RICHARD MARTIN SIETZPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- JOHN FRANKLIN RIEGELPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- GARY WESLEY RUNKPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- LARRY THOMAS BRENTSpecialist Four · January 16, 1968
- GERARD JUDE SANDERSLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- RALPH BURTON MITCHELLStaff Sergeant · August 7, 1970
- JOHN RUSSELL MILLERPrivate First Class · January 30, 1971
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.