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ROBERT WALLACE LAIS
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 14, 1947 – August 20, 1968
Service recordRobert Wallace Lais, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 10
- RONALD WARREN KEMPFFPetty Officer Second Class · August 20, 1968
- DONNIE JACKSON LAWHORNESpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
- CHARLES DAVID LINDBLOOMPetty Officer Second Class · August 20, 1968
- DONALD EUGENE LISENBYSergeant First Class · August 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY JOHN BYRDPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 6
- GREGORY VERNON CARRSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 6
- JOHN ALEXANDER CONNELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 47W, Line 7
- FREDDIE LEE COUCHSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 7
- JOAQUIN CHRISTOPHER GONZALEZPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 9
- FREDDIE KAY MARTINSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 11
- RAYMOND LUNA PEREZSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 11
- DONALD EUGENE RUMMELSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 12
- JERRY RUSSELL SANSINGSpecialist Five · Panel 47W, Line 12
- FREDERICK HOWARD TAPPANSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 13
- CLIFFORD C WALKERSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 13
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
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.