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ROBERT PATRICK ILSLEY
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 6, 1949 – March 22, 1969
Service recordRobert Patrick Ilsley, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1969; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 12
- DANNY EUGENE HUBBSCorporal · March 22, 1969
- EUGENE JOHN GEORGE KOCKSergeant · March 22, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE MCAFERTYSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- GILBERT ELLIS MCDANIELHospitalman · March 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TONY LEE BUHOLTZFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 9
- DANNY EUGENE HUBBSCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 12
- MOISES TAPIASergeant · Panel 28W, Line 15
- JAMES DAVID WRIGHT JRCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 16
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 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.