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ROBERT WILBER TOLER JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 2, 1943 – December 5, 1970
Service recordRobert Wilber Toler JR, of Hazlehurst, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 5, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 109
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- March 2, 1943
- Home of record
- Hazlehurst, Georgia (Jeff Davis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 109
- BILLIE RICHARD STROHLSpecialist Four · December 5, 1970
- STEVEN CRAIG WILLISPrivate First Class · December 5, 1970
- MICHAEL HADWIN ALSEVERFirst Lieutenant · December 6, 1970
- GEORGE EDWARD BAILEYSergeant · December 6, 1970
From Hazlehurst
- JESSE HOWARD HUGHESStaff Sergeant · January 15, 1966
- GEORGE EDWARD HATTENPrivate First Class · May 6, 1967
- LONNIE VESTER MERCHANTSergeant First Class · September 9, 1969
- JIMMY HENRY MERCERSergeant · July 26, 1970
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.