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BOBBY CECIL COVER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 2, 1943 – August 28, 1968
Service recordBobby Cecil Cover, of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 47
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 2, 1943
- Home of record
- Pine Bluff, Arkansas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 47
- BOYD CANFIELDCorporal · August 28, 1968
- CHARLES DON CHAMPIONCorporal · August 28, 1968
- ARLIN DARRELL COLLINSSergeant · August 28, 1968
- BRADLEY RICHARD DEGENAARSSergeant · August 28, 1968
From Pine Bluff
- ROBERT DANEL OWEN JRSergeant First Class · June 24, 1966
- JESSE B STRIBLINGPrivate First Class · July 16, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD HILLPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- ROBERT ARTHUR SAUCIERAirman Second Class · July 1, 1967
- FREDRICK LAMAR THROWERTechnical Sergeant · September 4, 1967
- JOHN CHARLES HOUSECorporal · December 15, 1967
- WILLIE CHARLES TORRENCEPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- EDGAR LEE SIMMONSCorporal · April 3, 1968
- LARRY GENE CALHOUNSpecialist Four · May 18, 1968
- WILLIE LORENZO MORGAN JRSpecialist Four · June 2, 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.