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BOBBY EDMONSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 17, 1946 – September 1, 1969
Service recordBobby Edmonson, of Laurel, Mississippi, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 1, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 19
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Laurel, Mississippi (Jones County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 19
- GEORGE DEWEY BROOKSHIREPrivate First Class · September 1, 1969
- LESTER MELVIN CAVALLINTechnical Sergeant · September 1, 1969
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKCorporal · September 1, 1969
- MICHAEL DENNIS DUNAGANPrivate · September 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CORNELIUS PETTEYSSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 21
From Laurel
- PORTER THAD DAVISSergeant First Class · November 26, 1965
- ROBERT BUFORD JACKSONStaff Sergeant · September 21, 1966
- LARRY JAMES MCDONALDPrivate First Class · August 25, 1967
- GLENN GATES JACKSMajor · October 19, 1967
- COLBEN BENJAMIN STOKES JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- FREDERICK DONALD MCCARTYSergeant First Class · March 28, 1968
- ELMER DEAN HILLSpecialist Five · April 28, 1968
- THOMAS JERRY WALTERSCorporal · May 27, 1968
- ARTHUR HARMONPrivate First Class · July 6, 1968
- ANTHONY JEROME PORTISCorporal · August 15, 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.