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ROBERT KEITH WORLEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 29, 1942 – February 13, 1966
Service recordRobert Keith Worley, of Saltville, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 30
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 29, 1942
- Home of record
- Saltville, Virginia (Smyth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 30
- JOHN WESLEY HOUSTONPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- CHARLES LAWRENCE RICHTMYRESpecialist Four · February 13, 1966
- DANIEL GORDON ROGERSPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD THOMPSONSergeant · February 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROGER ALLEN BISESpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 28
- JOHN MICHAEL HOARPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 29
- JOHN WESLEY HOUSTONPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 30
- CHARLES LAWRENCE RICHTMYRESpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 30
From Saltville
- HERBERT ALANSON FRYEPetty Officer First Class · July 29, 1967
- BLAKE WILEY FARRIS JRLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- TROY RAY HAYDENPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- GILES WARREN STALLARDPrivate First Class · October 6, 1968
- CHARLES ELBERT FINNEYMajor · March 17, 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.