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ROBERT LEE DAUGHERTY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 18, 1948 – February 26, 1972
Service recordRobert Lee Daugherty, of Abilene, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1972, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 112
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Abilene, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1972
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1972. In February 1972, 46 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 112
- SCOTT NELSON JACOBSONPrivate · February 27, 1972
- ARTHUR EMMITT LIKENSSpecialist Four · February 29, 1972
- TERRY LEE BROWNCorporal · March 6, 1972
- ERICK RUDOLPH WELENOFSKYSpecialist Four · March 6, 1972
From Abilene
- EDGAR LEWIS PETERSON JRPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- RAYES CISNEROS FLORESPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- FRANCISCO HERRERASergeant · March 29, 1966
- GREG WEAVERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- RONALD GENE MCBETHPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- HENRY HARRISON DELANOMaster Sergeant · July 22, 1966
- JACKIE BURL HALLPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- WILLIAM P YARBROUGH JRCommander · January 19, 1967
- RONALD JAMES DEXTERSergeant Major · June 3, 1967
- SAM TRINIDAD CURIELLance Corporal · September 6, 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.