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ROBERT MILVOY HORSKY
Major · U.S. Air Force
January 7, 1927 – December 11, 1965
Service recordRobert Milvoy Horsky, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 11, 1965, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 12
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 7, 1927
- Home of record
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Linn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1965
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1965; four of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 12
- SEAFORD NATHANIEL HEMMINGSPrivate First Class · December 11, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- GORDON JOSEPH LIPPMANLieutenant Colonel · December 11, 1965
- DENNIS CARROL MANNINGLance Corporal · December 11, 1965
From Cedar Rapids
- DENNIS LEE EILERSCaptain · December 24, 1965
- JAMES PHILLIP SCHIMBERGSpecialist Four · January 9, 1966
- MARK LEO ENGLISHSpecialist Four · December 18, 1966
- JOHN WALTER WALLCorporal · April 21, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD GRADOVILLELance Corporal · June 16, 1967
- WAYNE FRANK WHITEMANLance Corporal · October 22, 1967
- HOWARD EMERSON HANSON JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
- CURTIS DEAN SNITKERCorporal · February 1, 1968
- DANIEL JAMES KAPLANLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
- HERBERT RAY ALDRIDGEPrivate First Class · March 6, 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.