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ROBERT LOONEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 11, 1950 – October 11, 1969
Service recordRobert Looney, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Chattanooga, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 68
- WILLIE GEORGE LEWIS JRPrivate First Class · October 11, 1969
- DAVID LEROY MCCOMBSStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1969
- TIMOTHY R MIEDZIELECPrivate First Class · October 11, 1969
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN MOOREStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DOMINGO YABBARA GARCIAPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 66
- VICTOR LAWRENCE JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 67
- WILLIAM ORTEGA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 69
From Chattanooga
- JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFINSergeant · March 22, 1963
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · October 11, 1964
- ARTHUR EUGENE NORMANAirman Second Class · January 16, 1965
- GLENN HOWELL KELLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- JAMES T GRAYSergeant · April 24, 1965
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- ELIJAH GOAR TOLLETT JRMajor · January 12, 1966
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · January 29, 1966
- BILLY BROWN DAYPrivate · February 22, 1966
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.