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ROBERT LEROY WORTHINGTON
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
May 20, 1933 – April 12, 1969
Service recordRobert Leroy Worthington, of Redondo Beach, California, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 12, 1969, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 69
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. Navy
- Rank
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- May 20, 1933
- Home of record
- Redondo Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1969
- Age
- 35
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1969; three of them were lost in An Xugen Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 69
- MICHAEL BRODERICK WIERSpecialist Four · April 12, 1969
- ELROY WILSONSpecialist Four · April 12, 1969
- LOREN EDWIN WOOD JRSpecialist Four · April 12, 1969
- CURTIS STEVEN WOODSPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
From Redondo Beach
- EDMUND FRANCIS THORNELLCaptain · September 10, 1966
- PHILIP HARRY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
- EDWARD ARTHUR PAINEPetty Officer Third Class · May 17, 1967
- GREGORY RAY GINGERICHPetty Officer Second Class · May 25, 1967
- ROGER MILTON POIRIERSergeant · August 2, 1967
- CHRISTIAN LARS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- GARY MICHAEL DIAZCorporal · February 4, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH NARDELLISpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- BARRY WAYNE HOOPERLieutenant · March 5, 1968
- KARL LUCASStaff Sergeant · April 25, 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.