CPL BERT DOUGLAS LEFLER
U.S. ARMY
October 29, 1946 – January 19, 1968
KILLED IN ACTION | VIETNAM WAR
Name: Bert Douglas Lefler
Rank: Corporal (CPL)
Branch: United States Army
Unit: HHC, 4th Battalion, 39th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division, USARV
Home of Record: Eubank, Kentucky (Pulaski County)
Date of Birth: October 29, 1946
Date of Death: January 19, 1968
Casualty Province (Vietnam): Kien Tuong
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: Panel 34E, Line 78
HONORING HIS SERVICE
On January 19, 1968, Corporal Bert Douglas Lefler made the ultimate sacrifice while serving with the United States Army in the Republic of Vietnam. He was 21 years old.
Bert’s name is permanently etched on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Panel 34E, Line 78. A place where a nation’s gratitude is carved into stone, and where a family’s love never expires.
Today, Coolbeaners honors CPL Lefler for his service, his courage, and his sacrifice. We speak his name clearly, because remembrance is a duty we can still carry.
IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS
From Eubank, Kentucky, to the battlefields of Vietnam, CPL Lefler represents a generation that answered the call and served in hard, dangerous conditions. His story is one of duty, and his legacy lives on every time we pause to remember the human being behind the name.
LINKS AND SOURCES
Virtual Wall (Memorial Page):
https://www.virtualwall.org/dl/LeflerBD01a.htm
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (Wall of Faces):
https://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/30274/BERT-D-LEFLER/
National Archives (Kentucky casualty list PDF includes “LEFLER BERT DOUGLAS”):
https://www.archives.gov/files/research/military/vietnam-war/casualty-lists/ky-alpha.pdf
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