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BOBBY JAMES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 25, 1947 – May 13, 1968
Service recordBobby James, of Bowersville, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 24
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- February 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Bowersville, Georgia (Hart County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 24
- ABRAHAM JACKSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- VINCENT EARL JENKINSPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- FREDDIE LEE JONESPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- PAUL RODRIGUEZ LOZANOSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- OLLIS BREWSTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 59E, Line 17
- RALPH RAYMOND COLLINS JRSergeant · Panel 59E, Line 19
- DOUGLAS GEORGE FACTORASergeant · Panel 59E, Line 21
- FREDERICK F WALTERSCorporal · Panel 60E, Line 5
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.