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ROBERT LEE MOSLEY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 2, 1940 – February 18, 1968
Service recordRobert Lee Mosley, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 2, 1940
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1968; 19 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 144 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 10
- ANDREW MATYASLieutenant Colonel · February 18, 1968
- RONALD LEE MCCOLLUMStaff Sergeant · February 18, 1968
- CHARLIE REUBEN MILLER JRPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- JAMES HOWARD MILLERLance Corporal · February 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY JAMES EVANSPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 3
- RICHARD HERBERT FOXSecond Lieutenant · Panel 40E, Line 5
- CARROLL BRUCE FULLERPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 5
- RICHARD MARK HAMMONDSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 6
- CLARENCE F MAAS IIISergeant · Panel 40E, Line 9
- DAVID M SCHASRESpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 12
- DANIEL R SCOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 13
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 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.