Lahey, Robert Joseph

1920 - 1951  (30 years)    Has 4 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Lahey, Robert Joseph
  Born	16 Jul 1920
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	Between 1947 and 1951
  Korean War U. S. Army 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division
  Name: Robert J Lahey Birth Date: 1919 Gender: Male Race: Caucasian Home City: Outagamie Home State: Wisconsin Citizen Status: US Citizen Death Date: 15 Feb 1951 Processed Date: Nov 1979 Casualty Country: Korea Casualty Type: Hostile - Killed Casualty Cause: US Army - No Information Available Casualty Air: US Army - No Information Available Service Branch: US Army Component: National Guard (ANG, AFNG, NGUS) Rank: Second Lieutenant Pay Grade: Second Lieutenant (U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps) Or Ensign (U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard) Name: Robert Joseph Lahey Birth Date: 1919 Birth City: Outagamie State Registered: Wisconsin Death Date: 15 Feb 1951 Death Country: Korea Death Description: Killed in Action War: Korean War Title: Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Rank: Second Lieutenant Service: U.S. Army Service ID: O-2017415 Notes: Second Lieutenant Lahey was a member of the 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on February 15, 1951. Second Lieutenant Lahey was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Korean War Service Medal. Data Source: Korean War Veterans Honor Roll Name: Robert J Lahey Birth Date: 1919 Race: White Home State: Wisconsin Casualty Date: 15 Feb 1951 Casualty Country: South Korea Casualty Type: Killed in Action OR Missing in Action, KIA Group: KIA or Missing in Action, KIA Branch: Infantry Component: Organized Reserve Corps (ORC) Rank: 2nd Lieutenant Pay Grade: Second Lieutenant Disposed Date: 15 Feb 1951 Disposed Place: South Korea Organization: Cv Div Inf - 1st Element Sequence: Cv Div Cav Regt Inf Unit #: 0005 Service Occupation: Field Communications Chief Name: Robert Joseph Lahey Service Info.: 2LT US ARMY WORLD WAR II, KOREA Birth Date: 16 Jul 1920 Death Date: 15 Feb 1951 Service Start Date: 7 Dec 1941 Interment Date: 26 Sep 1951 Cemetery: Camp Butler National Cemetery Cemetery Address: R.R. #1 5063 Camp Butler Road Springfield, IL 62707-9722 Buried At: Section 4 Site 22-B
  Died	15 Feb 1951	, , , Korea
  Cause: War - KIA - Korean War - Aged 30 Years
  Obituary	6 Mar 1951
  Appleton Post Crescent
  Page 1
  Reference Number	3088
  Buried	26 Sep 1951	Camp Butler National Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois, USA
  Person ID	I315845	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2018

  
  

  Father	Lahey, George,   b. 19 Mar 1888,   d. 19 Jan 1968, , , Florida, USA  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Platten, Marie,   b. 11 Feb 1898, , , Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 9 Mar 1981, , , Florida, USA  (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F205732	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Died - Cause: War - KIA - Korean War - Aged 30 Years - 15 Feb 1951 - , , , Korea Buried - 26 Sep 1951 - Camp Butler National Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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