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BOBBY GEORGE FIELDS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 29, 1944 – September 22, 1970
Service recordBobby George Fields, of Blackey, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 83
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Blackey, Kentucky (Letcher County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 83
- JACKIE RAY BROOKSPrivate First Class · September 22, 1970
- WOODROW MICHAEL CANNADYPrivate First Class · September 22, 1970
- WILLIAM STANLEY DAVISFirst Lieutenant · September 22, 1970
- MICHAEL JAMES GAMBINOPrivate First Class · September 22, 1970
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.