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ROBERT LEE HILLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 14, 1946 – January 6, 1968
Service recordRobert Lee Hilley, of Attalla, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 55
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Attalla, Alabama (Etowah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 55
- WILLIAM J ADAMSSpecialist Five · January 6, 1968
- JAMES ALVIN BAILEYCorporal · January 6, 1968
- WAYNE SHERWOOD BATESSpecialist Five · January 6, 1968
- TROY CLEVELAND BATTLESPrivate First Class · January 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE SHERWOOD BATESSpecialist Five · Panel 33E, Line 55
- JOHN MICHAEL GALATAPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 57
- RICHARD EDWARD WOLFEPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 62
From Attalla
- THOMAS DAVID DUNCANSpecialist Four · November 1, 1965
- AUBURN WOOD FOREMAN JRCorporal · December 16, 1965
- GLENN EDWARD SANDERSLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- RALPH MAX KNIGHTSergeant · August 30, 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.