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ROBERT WILLIE TANKSLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 3, 1949 – January 26, 1968
Service recordRobert Willie Tanksley, of Augusta, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Augusta, Georgia (Richmond County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 42
- RAY OTIS SIMONS JRCorporal · January 26, 1968
- FRED HAROLD SPEARPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
- REGINALD ALFONSO STANCILFirst Lieutenant · January 26, 1968
- MICHAEL ROBERT ZUREKSpecialist Four · January 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD JOSEPH CRAIGPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 37
- JAMES CHRISTOPHER CURTINPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 37
- ROBERT RISLEY FRYERPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 40
- MAXIE LANE PRICESergeant · Panel 35E, Line 41
- REGINALD ALFONSO STANCILFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35E, Line 42
From Augusta
- WILLIAM JEFFERSON LINDSEYPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- TOMMIE GARRETTCorporal · December 18, 1965
- PAUL EUGENE SWIMPlatoon Sergeant · May 8, 1966
- ROGER DORSEYPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- PHILLIP MALCOLM PIERCE JRPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- PHILLIP JACOB MOOGSecond Lieutenant · August 10, 1966
- HOWARD D ULMER JRFirst Lieutenant · October 3, 1966
- WILLIAM FORSYTH SPERRYSpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
- ROBERT RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- GERALD WAYNE INGLETTPrivate First Class · June 4, 1967
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.