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ROBERT GERALD JOLLY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 20, 1948 – November 6, 1968
Service recordRobert Gerald Jolly, of Taylorsville, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 27
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Taylorsville, North Carolina (Alexander County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 39W, Line 27
- LAURENCE BURTON GREENPrivate First Class · November 6, 1968
- EDWARD DOUGLAS HENRYPrivate First Class · November 6, 1968
- DENNIS GLENN INIGUEZPrivate First Class · November 6, 1968
- RODNEY SIU KIAHAStaff Sergeant · November 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LATNEY DEAN FERGUSONSergeant · Panel 39W, Line 26
From Taylorsville
- BOBBIE MAXSEN AUTONSpecialist Four · May 23, 1967
- ROBERT BLAINE DANIELSLance Corporal · May 27, 1967
- LUNAS JONAS DANIELSSpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
- TERRY WAYNE DEALSeaman · October 1, 1972
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.