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BOBBY JOE LIKENS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 29, 1950 – August 19, 1969
Service recordBobby Joe Likens, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 69
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
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 69
- FRANCIS EMIL BRANCHEAU IIPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- JOHN A KOLWYCKSpecialist Four · August 19, 1969
- DONALD GENE LANHAMLance Corporal · August 19, 1969
- STEWART JAMES LAVIGNECorporal · August 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND JOHN ASHNAULTSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 65
- FRANCIS EMIL BRANCHEAU IIPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 69
- JOHN A KOLWYCKSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 69
- JOSEPH PATRICK MOBUSPrivate · Panel 19W, Line 71
- ROBERT GEORGE SOLOMONSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 74
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.