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BOBBIE JOE MOUNTS
Private · U.S. Army
April 18, 1944 – January 5, 1968
Service recordBobbie Joe Mounts, of Springfield, Oregon, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 51
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 240 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Springfield, Oregon (Lane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “240 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 51
- JOSEPH LUCAS JRSpecialist Four · January 5, 1968
- MIKE A MAKSINSergeant First Class · January 5, 1968
- RAYMOND DENNIS MCGLOTHINPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- BRUCE JAMES MORANPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
From Springfield
- JESSE ANDREW PYLESpecialist Five · February 7, 1965
- MICHAEL RAY WEBBLance Corporal · January 7, 1966
- RONALD HAROLD JOHNSONSeaman · April 28, 1967
- JAMES WALTER CLEMENTSPrivate First Class · August 19, 1967
- FRED JASON SECRISTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- JACK CLINTON TAYLORCorporal · February 2, 1968
- DAVID LYLE ROSSPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- JAMES MELVIN GHEERSpecialist Five · October 31, 1968
- TERRY LEE CRAWFORDWarrant Officer 1 · February 27, 1969
- TIMOTHY ROBERT OWNBEYSpecialist Four · October 25, 1970
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.