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BOBBY DON CARVER
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
October 30, 1935 – December 6, 1967
Service recordBobby Don Carver, of Richmond, California, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 6, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 44
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- October 30, 1935
- Home of record
- Richmond, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 44
- DANIEL PETER CAPPELLOCorporal · December 6, 1967
- GARY RICHARD CLARKSecond Lieutenant · December 6, 1967
- EUGENE COLLINSStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1967
- JOHN CHARLES FILIPPIPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
From Richmond
- WILLIAM ROBERT MOORELance Corporal · December 16, 1965
- EDWARD N LEONARDPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOSE YBANEZSpecialist Five · May 17, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY BROTZMANSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
- VINCENT ALBERT RAMIREZPetty Officer Third Class · April 13, 1967
- JOHN HENRY BUTCHER JRSergeant Major · April 16, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL AKSTINCorporal · May 12, 1967
- DAVID ALAN ROBINCorporal · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL SIDNEY MITCHELLPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- WILLIAM RAYMOND HUNTFirst Sergeant · November 27, 1967
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.