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ROBERT MICHAEL LEAHY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 3, 1949 – June 7, 1968
Service recordRobert Michael Leahy, of Roosevelt, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 7, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 25
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- January 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Roosevelt, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 25
- ROBERT JOHN KUCWAYPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
- JEROME DEAN KUPPERSCHMIDTCorporal · June 7, 1968
- ROBERT VASO KURILICHMajor · June 7, 1968
- RAMON LEYBAPetty Officer Third Class · June 7, 1968
From Roosevelt
- ARTHUR RICHARD EWINGPrivate First Class · September 27, 1967
- MICHAEL J ROWCROFTSpecialist Four · August 27, 1968
- JOE EDWARD GRAYSONSpecialist Four · January 10, 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.