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ROBERT LEROY KILLABREW
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 11, 1939 – January 12, 1966
Service recordRobert Leroy Killabrew, of Kimmswick, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 11, 1939
- Home of record
- Kimmswick, Missouri (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 67
- ROBERT MOFFETT DOWLINGChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 12, 1966
- JAIME IRIZARRY-PEREZStaff Sergeant · January 12, 1966
- RUSSELL WILFORD KISTLERChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 12, 1966
- LEE EDWARD ROSENWASSERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH CLAIR CORRELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 66
- JAIME IRIZARRY-PEREZStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 67
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.