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ROBERT F BALSLEY JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 16, 1945 – November 16, 1968
Service recordRobert F Balsley JR, of Bay City, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Bay City, Texas (Matagorda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1968; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 72
- LARRY ROGER WOOLRIDGEPrivate First Class · November 15, 1968
- STANLEY WILLIAM ARMENTROUTSergeant · November 16, 1968
- WILLIAM MICHAEL COPLEYStaff Sergeant · November 16, 1968
- EDDIE CLAUDE KIMBLESergeant · November 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY CALUISTUS LARAPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 76
From Bay City
- JOHNNIE PAUL WINFREYPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- JOSEPH ROLLINS HILLIARDPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- ERNEST WAYNE GAJDOSIKStaff Sergeant · February 20, 1967
- WILLIAM DONALD JINKSCorporal · May 19, 1967
- LUIS BARRON CAMPOSSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- PAUL RODRIGUEZ LOZANOSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- ESTEBAN ANGEL TREVINO JRLance Corporal · May 12, 1969
- LARRY KURT KAISERStaff Sergeant · April 30, 1970
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.