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BOBBY JOE DUNHAM
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
September 14, 1936 – January 9, 1969
Service recordBobby Joe Dunham, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 59
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- September 14, 1936
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, Arkansas (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1969
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 35W, Line 59
- ANTHONY CLARK ARMBRUSTERSergeant · January 9, 1969
- RONALD LARRY DAVIDSONSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- JOE HENRY ELLISSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- STANLEY STEPHEN GASTONPrivate First Class · January 9, 1969
From Fayetteville
- HOWARD HUGH WITHEYCorporal · June 6, 1967
- ROBERT VICTOR KEMPFirst Lieutenant · August 15, 1967
- HARMON L REMMEL IIIFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1968
- VIRGIL KERSH MERONEY IIICaptain · March 1, 1969
- SANFORD JAMES LEDBETTERSergeant · August 27, 1969
- EDWARD BRUCE MELODYWarrant Officer 1 · February 23, 1970
- MARVIN ROSS KEETERSergeant · December 2, 1971
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.