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BOBBY DEAN LIVELY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 14, 1941 – August 7, 1967
Service recordBobby Dean Lively, of East Flat Rock, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 87
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 14, 1941
- Home of record
- East Flat Rock, North Carolina (Henderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1967; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 24E, Line 87
- MICHAEL JAMES HILLERCorporal · August 7, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH HINESSergeant · August 7, 1967
- JERRY KENNETH JORDANSergeant · August 7, 1967
- JOHN P MARLOWWarrant Officer 1 · August 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD SEAN TURSKEYCorporal · Panel 24E, Line 89
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.