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RICHARD NEAL ROBEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 22, 1946 – July 4, 1967
Service recordRichard Neal Robey, of Spencerville, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 7
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 39 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- December 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Spencerville, Ohio (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 7
- RONALD DAVID REYESPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
- ANTHONY MICHAEL SCHMUTZLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- MONTY RAE SEWELLLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- STANLEY HOUSTON SULLIVANPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
From Spencerville
- JOHN WESLEY EUTSLERCorporal · January 31, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH LAMMERSSpecialist Four · June 5, 1971
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.