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BOBBY JAMES PERKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 16, 1949 – November 26, 1968
Service recordBobby James Perkins, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 16, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 68
- ROBERT ERNEST JONESCorporal · November 26, 1968
- MIGUEL F MONTANEZSpecialist Five · November 26, 1968
- PIETRO PICONISpecialist Four · November 26, 1968
- CURTIS HALL RAINERSergeant · November 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROGER DEAN ALGIREPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 63
- JOHN STEPHEN ALLING JRSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 64
- STEPHEN CARL BEALSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 64
- LLOYD ALLEN CHESSCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 64
- JAMES DONALD DORANChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 38W, Line 65
- WILLIAM MICHAEL EBELSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 65
- MARVIN JEROME GAINESSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 66
- JOHNNY GLEN GREGGSpecialist Five · Panel 38W, Line 66
- ROBERT ERNEST JONESCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 68
- PIETRO PICONISpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 68
- CURTIS HALL RAINERSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 68
- PATRICK EDWARD SMITH JRSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 69
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.