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ROBERT EARL WORRELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 1, 1948 – July 13, 1969
Service recordRobert Earl Worrell, of Portsmouth, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 13, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 114
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Portsmouth, Virginia (Portsmouth (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 114
- RICHARD DEAN SCHWIDERSKISpecialist Five · July 13, 1969
- STEVEN CHARLES WEBBSpecialist Four · July 13, 1969
- CLIFFORD WAYNE WEEKLEYSpecialist Five · July 13, 1969
- GEORGE ALLEN WORKSecond Lieutenant · July 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN WAYNE BRADBURYSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 110
- THOMAS LESTER DUKESSpecialist Five · Panel 21W, Line 111
From Portsmouth
- NORMAN ELLIOTT JRSpecialist Four · February 20, 1965
- RICHARD DALE BRODAPrivate First Class · November 20, 1965
- JESSE THOMAS BAILEY JRSergeant · February 2, 1966
- THOMAS HENRY RHODESPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- DONALD CHANDLER PIPERPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- MILTON LEE VAUGHANPrivate First Class · August 27, 1966
- WALTER WILLIAMS JRSergeant · September 25, 1966
- MELVIN LEON SHERRELLSpecialist Four · December 13, 1966
- FRANK EARLE HARDYLance Corporal · May 29, 1967
- FRED ALLAN KELLEYSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
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.