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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Robert Leon Willey.

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ROBERT LEON WILLEY

Specialist Five · U.S. Army

July 19, 1947 – May 10, 1969

Service record

Robert Leon Willey, of Grangeville, Idaho, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1969, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 25W · Line 45

Position of Panel 25W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Specialist Five (SP5)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Construction Surveyor (82B)
Born
July 19, 1947
Home of record
Grangeville, Idaho (Idaho County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 10, 1969
Age
21
Province
Phu Yen
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Died of Wounds
Circumstance
Explosive Device

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61 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From Grangeville

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.