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BOB JOE FORD JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 14, 1950 – December 21, 1969
Service recordBob Joe Ford JR, of Mer Rouge, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 21, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 77
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- April 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Mer Rouge, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 77
- THOMAS LESLIE ANDERSONSpecialist Four · December 21, 1969
- JAMES HOWARD DEANSpecialist Four · December 21, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH DOWDStaff Sergeant · December 21, 1969
- DAVID LEROY EGGLESTONSpecialist Four · December 21, 1969
From Mer Rouge
- JAMES WAYNE GATESLieutenant Colonel · April 6, 1966
- THOMAS EARL ALFORD IIIPrivate First Class · December 1, 1968
- EUGENE LENOIRCorporal · November 13, 1969
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.