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ROBERT LEE WORLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 18, 1947 – May 6, 1968
Service recordRobert Lee Worley, of Las Vegas, Nevada, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 19
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Las Vegas, Nevada (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Other Weapons
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; eight of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 19
- LEE ROY WRIGHTPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- ALONSO ARAGON JRSpecialist Four · May 7, 1968
- TERRY WADE BETTSPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- ROGER DALE CAULEYSergeant · May 7, 1968
From Las Vegas
- JERRY LAWSON GERRYCorporal · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT EARLE GAREYCorporal · June 2, 1966
- TERRY KENNETH WILKINSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- PAUL LEO HEATERLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- ALEXANDER THARPSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- LARRY ERWIN BURKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- DAVID JAMISONLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HORTONSeaman · February 11, 1967
- JAMES LEE KRAMERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN HENRYSergeant · April 26, 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.