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BOBBY JOE LEMONS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 7, 1949 – May 19, 1970
Service recordBobby Joe Lemons, of Dyersburg, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Dyersburg, Tennessee (Dyer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 65
- THOMAS WAYNE JOHNSONCorporal · May 19, 1970
- LANNY GUY LADOUCEURFirst Lieutenant · May 19, 1970
- ROGER THOMAS LAGODZINSKIStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1970
- JACK THOMAS NEGUSSpecialist Four · May 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WAYNE COONSSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 64
- LEWIS EARL COXCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 64
- KENNETH WALTER GONDERCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 64
- LARRY JAMES RIGNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 66
From Dyersburg
- JAMES ALTON GARDNERFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1966
- ROBERT LEE DUNCANCorporal · October 6, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD NOVELSpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- JOE THOMAS KEMMERLINGStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1968
- IVY GALE CHILDRESSSpecialist Four · June 25, 1968
- WILLIAM LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- JERRY PAUL BARBEEPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
- JOSEPH WESTER JONES IIICaptain · October 8, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK CODDINGTONMajor · November 9, 1970
- JOHN HARRY BROCKSergeant · July 7, 1972
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.