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U.S. Marine Corps · United States 
Robert Lester Kessel
1947 – 1967
Vietnam Wall · Panel 16E
Lance Corporal Robert Lester Kessel served in the U.S. Marine Corps. Robert served in the Vietnam War. Robert was 20 years old.
How They Died
Manner
Combat Death
Cause
Blast injury
Circumstance
Killed in action
Place
Quang Tri
Service Record
U.S. Marine Corps
0331: MACHINE GUNNER
MACHINEGUNNER
QUANG TRI
1967
Pay grade E03.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
4
For service and achievement
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
Gettysburg National Military Park
Section
3
Grave
1244
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Robert Lester Kessel
Lance Corporal
U.S. Marine Corps
- 1967
1st Battalion 4th Marines
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