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BOBBY FRANK LIMERICK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 28, 1950 – August 25, 1971
Service recordBobby Frank Limerick, of Elkhart, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 2
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Elkhart, Texas (Anderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 2
- DANIEL ALLAN BRANCHEAUSpecialist Four · August 26, 1971
- GEORGE ANTHONY CHAPMANSpecialist Four · August 26, 1971
- KENNETH RAY GULLETTStaff Sergeant · August 26, 1971
- RODNEY CECIL HARSCHSeaman · August 26, 1971
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.