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ROBERT LEE ADAY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 30, 1950 – October 24, 1969
Service recordRobert Lee Aday, of Bakersfield, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 111
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 30, 1950
- Home of record
- Bakersfield, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 111
- CHARLES V REDDING IIICorporal · October 23, 1969
- STEVEN BOALFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1969
- BENTON BROWNSergeant · October 24, 1969
- GARY WILLIAM BRUHNPrivate First Class · October 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN BOALFirst Lieutenant · Panel 17W, Line 111
- BENTON BROWNSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 111
- RALPH WILLIAM JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 112
- HENRY RAYMOND LAMBERTStaff Sergeant · Panel 17W, Line 112
- DAVID LEE SACKETTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 17W, Line 114
- VERNON JOSEPH SEGERCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 114
- RONALD SOWELLSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 114
- THOMAS DAVID TOMASZEWSKICorporal · Panel 17W, Line 115
From Bakersfield
- CLAYTON ALLEN FANNINCaptain · January 10, 1963
- PAUL E RYTTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · January 30, 1966
- BILLY G FRYMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- BOBBY ROY HOLLEYLance Corporal · July 19, 1966
- JOHN WHILDEN PERICHPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- JAMES BURTON MILLSLieutenant Commander · September 21, 1966
- TOMMY JONESPrivate First Class · December 2, 1966
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.