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ROBERT MICHAEL LEE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 25, 1945 – February 23, 1969
Service recordRobert Michael Lee, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 8
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Transport Operator (64C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- August 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 8
- KEITH TERRELL LANDERSLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- WILLIAM ROY LAWSONSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM LEAFSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- GREGORY THAYER LINDSAYSergeant · February 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD STANLEY BIESANTZPrivate · Panel 32W, Line 89
- ROBERT DONALD EICKLEBERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 97
- WILLIAM ROY LAWSONSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 8
- STEPHEN JOSEPH PASTULASpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 14
- RONALD LLOYD SANDERSSpecialist Five · Panel 31W, Line 20
- JERRY DEAN SPRADLINSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 23
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.