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ROBERT LEE STOREY
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 22, 1946 – November 21, 1968
Service recordRobert Lee Storey, of Grand Forks Afb, North Dakota, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 31
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Grand Forks Afb, North Dakota (Grand Forks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1968; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 31
- THOMAS LEE STANLEYSpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
- MELVIN EUGENE THOMPSONCorporal · November 21, 1968
- ANTHONY FELIX WASHINGTONStaff Sergeant · November 21, 1968
- WILLIAM SCOTT WATTSCaptain · November 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JEAN CLIFTON FOSTERCaptain · Panel 38W, Line 25
- MARTIN GEHRING GIVENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 38W, Line 26
- STANLEY NORRIS GREENSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 26
- BILLIE JOE ONTISSpecialist Five · Panel 38W, Line 29
- CHARLES FREDERICK REINSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 29
- EDDY GALE SUMPTERSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 30
- CLIFFORD KAY WELDINGFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 32
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.