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ROBERT LYNN DAIGREPONT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 22, 1947 – July 2, 1968
Service recordRobert Lynn Daigrepont, of Bunkie, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 34
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Bunkie, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 34
- ROY LEE WHITTLESEYStaff Sergeant · July 1, 1968
- JAMES ALEC WILLIAMSLance Corporal · July 1, 1968
- THOMAS HOWARD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · July 1, 1968
- GEORGE JOHN ANDERSONSergeant · July 2, 1968
From Bunkie
- DENNY LAYTON JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · September 2, 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.