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ROBERT EDWARD LEE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 24, 1941 – February 17, 1966
Service recordRobert Edward Lee, of Fairbanks, Alaska, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- October 24, 1941
- Home of record
- Fairbanks, Alaska
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 5E, Line 42
- BOBBY GENE JOHNSONSergeant · February 17, 1966
- WILLIAM E LEATHERWOOD JRSecond Lieutenant · February 17, 1966
- JUAN ANTONIO LOPEZ-COLONPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
From Fairbanks
- KERMIT HAROLD LABELLE JRPrivate First Class · July 28, 1967
- WAYNE ELMER JONESChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 17, 1967
- DAVID REESE YOUNG JRSecond Lieutenant · March 15, 1968
- DAVID LYNN FERRYSpecialist Five · August 22, 1968
- WILLIAM STEVEN CHILDERSWarrant Officer 1 · January 3, 1969
- PATRICK M MCINERNEYPrivate First Class · March 12, 1969
- GILBERT KETZLER JRPrivate First Class · October 10, 1969
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.