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BOBBY GENE FARMER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 2, 1948 – July 10, 1969
Service recordBobby Gene Farmer, of Monroe, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 92
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Monroe, Georgia (Walton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 92
- THOMAS ALLEN CERESFirst Lieutenant · July 10, 1969
- WILLIAM B CHRISTENSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 10, 1969
- KENNETH JULIAN CYMBALSKICorporal · July 10, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL ELLISLance Corporal · July 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ELIJAH WALLACE BURKETTSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 91
- WILLIAM B CHRISTENSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 21W, Line 92
- KENNETH JULIAN CYMBALSKICorporal · Panel 21W, Line 92
- JOHN R FRYEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 21W, Line 93
- CHARLES THOMAS STOCKBAUERSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 95
- RAYMOND TORRESStaff Sergeant · Panel 21W, Line 95
From Monroe
- BILLY WILLIE GOBERSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- DANNY EUGENE GUTHRIECorporal · April 6, 1968
- DENNIS SANDERS COKERFirst Lieutenant · March 2, 1969
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.