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ROBERT JAMES KOLY
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 21, 1949 – November 28, 1970
Service recordRobert James Koly, of Parma, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Parma, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 88
- FRANKLIN U BRECKENRIDGESpecialist Four · November 28, 1970
- ALBERT HALLPrivate First Class · November 28, 1970
- JAMES BENJAMIN POWELL JRSpecialist Four · November 28, 1970
- EUGENE PRINCE JRPrivate · November 28, 1970
From Parma
- ROBERT LOUIS GUERINSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- MICHAEL THEODORE SUKARAPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALAN RALPH STEFFENStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- TERRY LEE DAVISPetty Officer Third Class · February 24, 1967
- JOHN EARL SWEESYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- TERENCE JOSEPH KILBANELance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- JAMES JOHN ZAVOCKYLieutenant (junior grade) · August 25, 1967
- RONALD BRIAN KERNERPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS SASPrivate First Class · November 24, 1967
- DONALD ALBERT BASALLALance Corporal · November 26, 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.