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BOBBIE GENE WOOTEN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 18, 1942 – June 14, 1969
Service recordBobbie Gene Wooten, of Harviell, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 14, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · 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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 18, 1942
- Home of record
- Harviell, Missouri (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 50
- ROBERT BRUCE TUFTSCorporal · June 14, 1969
- RUBEN URDIALEZSpecialist Four · June 14, 1969
- RICHARD DUANE WALKERLieutenant Colonel · June 14, 1969
- JOHNNY WILESPrivate First Class · June 14, 1969
From Harviell
- EARNEST DALE MENLEYSergeant · May 2, 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.