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ROBERT LEE SHOLL
Captain · U.S. Air Force
January 19, 1936 – February 22, 1967
Service recordRobert Lee Sholl, of Kimberton, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 22, 1967, in Laos, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- January 19, 1936
- Home of record
- Kimberton, Pennsylvania (Chester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 15E, Line 77
- MICHAEL LEWIS UTLEYPrivate First Class · February 22, 1967
- CRAIG STEPHEN VAUGHTSpecialist Four · February 22, 1967
- SALVADOR ZABALA JRSergeant · February 22, 1967
- LARRY WILLIAM BRENDELSpecialist Four · February 23, 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.