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BOBBY EUGENE LEE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 12, 1947 – February 18, 1968
Service recordBobby Eugene Lee, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 8
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
- October 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1968; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Kien Hoa Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 8
- MICHAEL L KOSKOVICHWarrant Officer 1 · February 18, 1968
- LLOYD GENE LAMMEYSpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
- RAYMOND ROY LEWISCorporal · February 18, 1968
- WAYNE EUGENE LEWIS JRSpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD EARL DEWPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 4
- JOHN ALTON NEVELSSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 11
- JOHNNIE WYLIE POTTSPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 12
- KENNETH WAYNE SHAPLANDCorporal · Panel 40E, Line 13
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
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.