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ARTHUR BOBBITT
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 26, 1947 – April 14, 1968
Service recordArthur Bobbitt, of Chula Vista, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 50
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Chula Vista, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 50
- GEORGE EDWARD WINFIELDPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- DENNIS JAMES YETMARPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- ANTHONY ALBERT ALENCASTREPrivate First Class · April 14, 1968
- RICHARD ALAN ANDERSPrivate First Class · April 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD CARLTON SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 1
From Chula Vista
- PAUL ARTHUR WILDAUERLieutenant Commander · March 2, 1964
- RICHARD BRIGHTPrivate · July 21, 1966
- RICHARD EARL SIPESPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- CHARLES LEE MYERSSergeant · February 13, 1967
- WILSON E BIBLER JRSpecialist Four · February 24, 1967
- EDWIN EARL COOPERHospitalman · February 24, 1967
- JOHN IGNATIUS HIGGINS JRHospitalman · October 14, 1967
- RICHARD D WEEDERSpecialist Five · October 17, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD BIERNACKISergeant · March 14, 1968
- RAYMOND OMER KINCANNONCaptain · April 1, 1968
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.