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ROBERT LEE LAIRD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 12, 1928 – June 28, 1965
Service recordRobert Lee Laird, of Tazewell, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 22
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 12, 1928
- Home of record
- Tazewell, Virginia (Tazewell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1965
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 22
- EARL GARLAND DOWNEYAirman First Class · June 28, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- VINCENT F RISOLDIPrivate First Class · June 28, 1965
- CHARLES GLENDON DUDLEYCaptain · June 28, 1966
From Tazewell
- JOHN RAYMOND BOWLING SRSpecialist Four · October 31, 1966
- DONALD LYNWOOD MARTINEZSpecialist Four · April 17, 1967
- WILLIS LEONARD MCBRIDESergeant · October 9, 1967
- JAMES TIPTON ELSWICK JRPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- PAUL FREDERICK SAYERSSergeant · April 14, 1970
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.