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BOBBY ALLEN SEMORE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 9, 1945 – May 9, 1967
Service recordBobby Allen Semore, of Mckinleyville, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 74
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- March 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Mckinleyville, California (Humboldt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 74
- JAMES MICHAEL QUIGLEYCorporal · May 9, 1967
- FRANKLIN STEVEN RUTBERGPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- FRANK ANTHONY RYBICKI JRFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 1967
- HENRY EDWARD SMITHCorporal · May 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FRANKLIN STEVEN RUTBERGPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 74
From Mckinleyville
- HAROLD BRADLEY MULLERSergeant · March 13, 1968
- DWAYNE JEFFERSON WHORTONPrivate First Class · November 28, 1968
- JAMES CRAIG WARDStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1971
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.