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ROBERT VINCENT REKER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 20, 1948 – June 13, 1969
Service recordRobert Vincent Reker, of Sherman, South Dakota, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 13, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 43
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Sherman, South Dakota (Minnehaha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 43
- CHRISTY ALBERT PEEBLERSergeant · June 13, 1969
- ROY MARTIN PINGSpecialist Five · June 13, 1969
- ARTURO SALAZARSpecialist Four · June 13, 1969
- DAVID FRANK SCHLUTERMANPrivate First Class · June 13, 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.