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ROBERT LEE WILKES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 3, 1931 – August 31, 1968
Service recordRobert Lee Wilkes, of Corona, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 31, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- August 3, 1931
- Home of record
- Corona, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1968. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 17
- STANLEY LAWTON SIETINGSergeant · August 31, 1968
- HENRY BEALL SMITH JRLance Corporal · August 31, 1968
- STEPHEN RENIER TUBREFirst Lieutenant · August 31, 1968
- KEITH LESLIE WILSONSergeant · August 31, 1968
From Corona
- ROBERT EMMETT JONESPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- CHARLES GORDON WOODSPrivate First Class · June 15, 1966
- MIGUEL ZARAGOZA CONTRERASLance Corporal · July 20, 1967
- FRANK DANIEL LEALPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- LARRY J OROSCOPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
- ARCHIE JAMES ROBERTS JRCorporal · May 11, 1968
- JOSEPH TREJO JRPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- EDWARD GERARD MATHERNPrivate First Class · September 3, 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.