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ROBERT FRANKLIN WORLEY
Major General · U.S. Air Force
October 10, 1919 – July 23, 1968
Service recordRobert Franklin Worley, of Riverside, California, served as a Major General in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 23, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 48. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 47
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major General (MAJGEN)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 10, 1919
- Home of record
- Riverside, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1968
- Age
- 48
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 47
- ROBERT CHARLES WITZELCorporal · July 23, 1968
- MICHAEL VICTOR AURADYCorporal · July 24, 1968
- THEODORE LEWIS BIGHAMPrivate First Class · July 24, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT BUSHCaptain · July 24, 1968
From Riverside
- THEODORE BERT PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- WILLIAM RONALD GRAYSONCommander · April 1, 1966
- FRANK BRENNAN PARISHLance Corporal · June 18, 1966
- BRAD WILLIAM MORANDPrivate First Class · July 12, 1966
- ROBBIN ADAIR GOODWINPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- PATRICK LEE WOODLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- VINCENT JOSEPH BENEGASLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
- RICHARD ELZIE VEACHSpecialist Four · May 28, 1967
- DENNIS EUGENE MONFILSPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- HECTOR FUENTESHospitalman · July 2, 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.