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BOBBY GLYNN GADIE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 27, 1943 – March 21, 1966
Service recordBobby Glynn Gadie, of Hope Mills, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 31
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 27, 1943
- Home of record
- Hope Mills, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 6E, Line 31
- JAMES HENRY CAVICCHI JRLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- MARTIN L GILLESPIE JRPetty Officer Second Class · March 21, 1966
- MARVIN EDWARD GLASSBURNSergeant · March 21, 1966
- GAROLD ARTHUR HANNPetty Officer Third Class · March 21, 1966
From Hope Mills
- BILLY RAY SLADESergeant · March 14, 1966
- DAVID GADDIE JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 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.