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ROBERT C LILLY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 21, 1940 – February 19, 1966
Service recordRobert C Lilly, of Nimitz, West Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 21, 1940
- Home of record
- Nimitz, West Virginia (Summers County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 52
- CLARENCE MEDLEYSergeant · February 19, 1966
- RAYMOND LUKE NAYLORSergeant · February 19, 1966
- GEORGE KENNARD NEWMANSpecialist Four · February 19, 1966
- ROBERT QUENTIN ROENTSCHSpecialist Four · February 19, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ELZIE J COLLINS JRSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 50
- HURSHEL FRASUREPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 50
- FREDDIE WALLACE GREENSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 51
- JACK LLEWELLYN JAMESPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 51
- RONALD MICHAEL KENNYPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 51
- KENNETH WAYNE LANTERPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 51
- CLARENCE MEDLEYSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 52
- RAYMOND LUKE NAYLORSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 52
- JERRY DEAN STEWARTSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 53
- DOUGLAS JOHN WADEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 53
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.