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LEE ROY NOLLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 21, 1948 – April 5, 1969
Service recordLee Roy Nolley, of Jacksonville, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 20
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Texas (Cherokee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 20
- WILLIE LEE LOWEPrivate First Class · April 5, 1969
- JERRY WAYNE MARTINPrivate First Class · April 5, 1969
- MIKOLAW MELNYKLance Corporal · April 5, 1969
- STEVEN MICHALSKICorporal · April 5, 1969
From Jacksonville
- HENRY LON TURNCorporal · May 4, 1967
- THOMAS LEE JORDANPrivate First Class · February 21, 1968
- GEORGE L BARBER IIICaptain · March 4, 1968
- WILLIAM PRESTON ARMSTRONGSergeant · August 2, 1968
- CHARLIE RAY MCDONALDSpecialist Four · April 4, 1969
- RONALD S ATHANASIOUPetty Officer Third Class · January 21, 1970
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.