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BOBBY GLENN OLIVER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 19, 1947 – June 11, 1969
Service recordBobby Glenn Oliver, of Knoxville, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 25
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 25
- DUANE ELMER OLSONSpecialist Four · June 11, 1969
- EDWARD VINCENT PALMENTACorporal · June 11, 1969
- JOHN BOYD PARKERCorporal · June 11, 1969
- FLOYD LEON PITRESergeant First Class · June 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD JEROME CRAWFORDSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 19
- STUART GLEN HOSTETTERSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 22
- JOHN BRUCE LYLESergeant · Panel 22W, Line 23
- PETER LYNCHSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 23
- CHARLIE ROBINSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 26
- DONALD JOHN ZASTOWSKYSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 29
From Knoxville
- GARY D SMITHPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WAYNE THOMAS LONGPrivate · December 27, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · January 30, 1966
- TOMMY EDWARD HILLPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD LUMLEYSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · April 1, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM WOOLIVERLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 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.