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ROBERT MICHAEL FOLEY
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
January 22, 1930 – November 2, 1967
Service recordRobert Michael Foley, of Boston, Massachusetts, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 2, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 10
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
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url No Warfare Specialty (1100)
- Born
- January 22, 1930
- Home of record
- Boston, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 10
- JOHN BRYANT HEADLEYCorporal · November 2, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD HOWARD JRSergeant · November 2, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH HUGHESLance Corporal · November 2, 1967
- MIKE GOMEZ IBARRALance Corporal · November 2, 1967
From Boston
- ORIEN JUDSON WALKER JRMajor · May 23, 1965
- SEYMOUR PATRICK SADBERRYPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- STEPHEN JOSEPH STERITIPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- BRUCE ELLSWORTH JASONStaff Sergeant · September 13, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOYCE JRFirst Lieutenant · November 16, 1966
- JOHN H JOYCEMajor · December 21, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH CONNERSPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS MURRAYCorporal · April 26, 1967
- LEO JOSEPH SULLIVAN JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- BOBBY LEE FINNEYSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
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.