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ROBERT WAYNE WERLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 18, 1947 – June 13, 1968
Service recordRobert Wayne Werley, of Desloge, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 15
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Bridge Crewmember (12C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Desloge, Missouri (St Francois County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 15
- ALLEN RAY WEAMERPrivate First Class · June 13, 1968
- LEONARD RAY WHITECorporal · June 13, 1968
- RONALD ALTON WILSONPrivate First Class · June 13, 1968
- HENRY EUGENE WOOLEYSergeant · June 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SEFERINO ALBAREZ JRPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 7
- EMORY MOREL SMITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 57W, Line 13
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.