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ROBERT RAY NEEL
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
April 12, 1948 – May 2, 1970
Service recordRobert Ray Neel, of Houston, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 2, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 86
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 86
- GRADY RUDOLPH LESTER JRStaff Sergeant · May 2, 1970
- LANE FATUTOA LEVICorporal · May 2, 1970
- LEO JOHN LUDVIGSEN JRStaff Sergeant · May 2, 1970
- DONALD LEE PARKERWarrant Officer 1 · May 2, 1970
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 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.