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BOBBY JOE GRAVEL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 2, 1947 – April 6, 1968
Service recordBobby Joe Gravel, of Lawndale, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 26
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Lawndale, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 26
- LEE SCOTT ADAMSSecond Lieutenant · April 6, 1968
- DALTON MAIN ESTEINCaptain · April 6, 1968
- GARY DUANE FORTNERSpecialist Five · April 6, 1968
- ORONZO GEMMATICorporal · April 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD MARVIN BEECKSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 23
- ROBERT JOHN BENSONPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 23
- JAMES TERRELL BLALOCKPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 23
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 24
- JACK DENNIS DOWNSPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 25
- LEE SCOTT ADAMSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 48E, Line 26
- ORONZO GEMMATICorporal · Panel 48E, Line 26
- JOSEPH FRANK GULLUNG IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 27
- WILLIAM TYLER HANCOCKPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 27
- ROBERT BARD KERCHNERSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 28
- CHARLES WILBURN MOODYStaff Sergeant · Panel 48E, Line 30
- MICHAEL ALLAN SNYDERPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 35
- JIMMY RUSSELL SPACHPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 35
- LAWRENCE ALFRED SWANGUARIMPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 36
- GEORGE L WILSONSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 37
From Lawndale
- JIMMY DEVER BACCUSPrivate First Class · July 28, 1966
- RICKFORD RAY SCHMIDTPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- WILLIAM A THORNTON JRFirst Lieutenant · February 1, 1968
- JERRY DOYLE ATKINSONCorporal · March 30, 1968
- BRUCE STUART LINDSAYLance Corporal · May 4, 1968
- DARRELL LEROY ENGLEPrivate First Class · December 23, 1968
- BYRON LEE NOTT JRSecond Lieutenant · December 31, 1968
- DALE GEORGE HELGESONSergeant · March 1, 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.