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ROBERT LEROY WILLARD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 22, 1946 – July 28, 1971
Service recordRobert Leroy Willard, of Frederick, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1971, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 117
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Frederick, Maryland (Frederick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1971; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 117
- WILLIAM ELLIOTT MURPHYPrivate · July 28, 1971
- DONALD EUGENE SCOTTStaff Sergeant · July 28, 1971
- EDWARD JOSEPH CAVANAUGHColonel · July 29, 1971
- ALLEN HOWELL CLARKStaff Sergeant · July 29, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES CLARKStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 116
- WILLIAM ELLIOTT MURPHYPrivate · Panel 3W, Line 117
- DONALD EUGENE SCOTTStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 117
From Frederick
- ROBERT EARL SMITH JRHospitalman · May 15, 1966
- DANIEL SPENSER BRITTAINSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 1966
- WILSON LEE COOKSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- GARY WAYNE COSGRAVEAirman Second Class · May 12, 1967
- CHARLES FRANK BRANDENBURGPrivate First Class · August 5, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS PLUNKARDSergeant · April 8, 1968
- WILLIAM E ZIMMERMAN JRFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1968
- MICHAEL LEON BREWERSpecialist Five · May 9, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM GRASERSpecialist Four · May 27, 1968
- HAROLD FRANKLIN KLINESergeant First Class · August 24, 1968
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.