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BOBBY HORACE SORRELLS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 13, 1936 – July 20, 1967
Service recordBobby Horace Sorrells, of East Point, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 95
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 13, 1936
- Home of record
- East Point, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 23E, Line 95
- RONALD KENNETH SCHUMACHERSergeant · July 20, 1967
- LOUGHTON SMITHMaster Sergeant · July 20, 1967
- RALPH MCGUIN STACEY JRPrivate First Class · July 20, 1967
- ALLAN JULIUS STEARNSMajor · July 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RONALD B HAMBLINPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 94
- RALPH MCGUIN STACEY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 95
From East Point
- WILBUR DEAN RAINWATERPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- JOHN DUFF GAYMANPrivate First Class · December 10, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS BROWNChief Petty Officer · January 26, 1967
- JAMES EUGENE MILLIRONSCorporal · June 2, 1967
- RALPH EDWARD MANNINGAirman · July 29, 1967
- PASCHAL GLENN BOGGSMajor · August 27, 1967
- LEWIS LEONARD SLOANPrivate · November 16, 1967
- GARY C JONESFirst Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- CHARLES REMBERT WYATTFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1968
- JAMES DEAN HOAGCaptain · June 19, 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.