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BOBBY JOE ARD
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 3, 1947 – April 30, 1967
Service recordBobby Joe Ard, of Tupelo, Mississippi, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 30, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 118
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- November 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Tupelo, Mississippi (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1967; 59 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 118
- DAVID HARUM BASSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- KAROL RAYMOND BAUERStaff Sergeant · April 30, 1967
- WILLIAM RUSSELL BELLER JRPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- FREDERICK WOOD BIVENS JRLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
From Tupelo
- CLARENCE BLANKSSpecialist Four · May 4, 1967
- JIMMIE CARL WALLACESpecialist Five · November 10, 1967
- PAUL WILLIAM ROBINSONSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- JAMES RALPH STEVENSONPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- JAMES TAYLOR TUCKERSergeant First Class · September 22, 1969
- DENNIS EUGENE CLARKLance Corporal · July 15, 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.