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ROBERT E STALEY
Major · U.S. Air Force
September 3, 1927 – May 9, 1968
Service recordRobert E Staley, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 9, 1968, in Thailand, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 33
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 3, 1927
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 40
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 33
- THOMAS ARNOLD SINGLETONSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- ALBERT EDWIN SMITHSergeant First Class · May 9, 1968
- STEVEN ALLEN SOMMERSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- PAUL RICHARD STANDRIDGEStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1968
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.