LEE WILLIAM ROBERT

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Name: WO1 William Robert Lee
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 01/31/1968 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 20.6
Date of Birth: 06/26/1947
Home City: Virginia Beach, VA
Service: AV branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: B/1/9 CAV 1 CAV
Major organization: 1st Cavalry Division
Flight class: 67-21
Service: AV branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 36E-021
Aircraft: UH-1B tail number 63-12915
Service number: W3158869
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 062B = Helicopter Pilot, Utility and Light Cargo Single Rotor
Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea
Compliment cause: weapons
Vehicle involved: helicopter
Position in vehicle: pilot
Started Tour: 01/14/1968
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - pilot
Length of service: 01
Location: Thua Thien Province I Corps.
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Hostile - died while missing
single male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Protestant - no denominational preference
Burial information: ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, VA
The following information secondary, but may help in explaining this incident.
Category of casualty as defined by the Army: battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: warrant officer
This record was last updated on 05/01/2009


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