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ROBERT WILLIAM LABRECQUE
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 21, 1951 – September 18, 1969
Service recordRobert William Labrecque, of Riviera Beach, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 110
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 21, 1951
- Home of record
- Riviera Beach, Florida (Palm Beach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 18W, Line 110
- RANDALL LEE KRUEGERLance Corporal · September 18, 1969
- ARTHUR LEWISPrivate First Class · September 18, 1969
- PAUL DAVID LUCASLance Corporal · September 18, 1969
- JOSEPH EDMUND MAZZANTISpecialist Four · September 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WAYNE TRACYStaff Sergeant · Panel 18W, Line 112
From Riviera Beach
- CHARLIE M YOUNGSergeant · February 28, 1966
- THERON SPENCER DEMPSEYSpecialist Four · March 18, 1966
- ISAAC THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- JAMES D KNOWLESSergeant · July 7, 1969
- PAUL V BARRINGTON JRSpecialist Four · August 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.