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LOY NEAL WHALEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 9, 1947 – June 7, 1968
Service recordLoy Neal Whaley, of Sacramento, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 29
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
- July 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 65 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 29
- LELAND DOUGLAS WELCHPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
- MITCHELL ALLEN WENTZPetty Officer Second Class · June 7, 1968
- ERNEST LAMAR WESLEYPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
- ROBERT JAY WESTRATESergeant · June 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD CARL KNACKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 59W, Line 24
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
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.