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SP4 Richard Neal Robey
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Rank / Rate SP4 War of Service Vietnam Date of birth Dec 22, 1946 Place of birth / home town Spencerville Family Members High School Spencerville Class of 1965 Enlistment Date Feb 1, 1966 Branch Army Service Number Unit / Ship / duty Station 3RD PLATOON, COMPANY D, 39TH ENGINEERING BATTALION OF THE 45TH ENGINEERING GROUP 18TH ENGINEERING BRIGADE Date of Casuality Jul 04, 1967 Cause of Death or Status DOW Place of Incident QUANG NGAI PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM Place of Burial or Memorial Spencerville, OH Awards ★ Purple Heart, ★National Defense Service Medal, ★ Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal  Links to More Information [ https://allencountyveterans.org/sp4-richard-n-robey ] Do you have information about this veteran we don’t have? Click Here --→ https://allencountyveterans.org/contact |
| RICHARD ROBEY, SON OF JOHN AND RUBY ROBEY, A 1965 SPENCERVILLE, HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE, ENTERED THE ARMY ON FEBRUARY. 1, 1966. HE WAS A COMBAT ENGINEER IN VIETNAM ASSIGNED TO THE 3RD PLATOON, COMPANY D, 39TH ENGINEERING BATTALION OF THE 45TH ENGINEERING GROUP 18TH ENGINEERING BRIGADE. DURING A MINE SWEEPING OPERATION IN QUANG NGAI PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROBEY WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HIS MINE DETECTOR. ROBEY STOPPED AND TRIED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG. HE TRIED TO RECALIBRATE THE DETECTOR WITH THE HELP OF 1ST LT. SHAMBLEN. THE TWO KNELT ON THE GROUND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AS THEY WORKED ON THE DETECTOR FOR A FEW MINUTES. AFTER GETTING IT TO WORK, SHAMBLEN TURNED BACK TO THE SOUTH. ROBEY STARTED HIS WAY TO THE NORTH. BUT 21-YEAR RICHARD ROBEY DIDN’T TAKE THREE STEPS AWAY FROM SHAMBLEN WHEN AN EXPLOSION ROCKED THE AREA. ROBEY FELL TO THE GROUND — SOMETHING HAD EXPLODED ON HIS RIGHT HIP. HE WAS DOWN AND BADLY WOUNDED. SHAMBLEN RUSHED TO HIS AIDE AND FOUND HE WAS STILL ALIVE. THEN COMPANY MEDIC BOB DANIELS LANDED ON THE SCENE”. “I TREATED HIS WOUNDS AND HUNG AT LEAST ONE IV,” DANIELS RECALLS. MINUTES LATER, A MEDIVAC HELICOPTER WAS ON THE SCENE. “I HELPED PUT ROBEY ON THE MEDIVAC,” SHAMBLEN RECALLS WITH A GREAT AMOUNT OF SADNESS IN HIS VOICE. “THE LAST THING HE SAID TO ME WAS: “ TELL MY MOTHER I LOVE HER” RICHARD HAD 6 BROTHERS; DAVID, JOHN, FRANKLIN, WILLIAM AND DONALD AND 5 SISTERS; DOROTHY, FLORENCE, MARY, CAROL AND NANCY. |
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