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BOBBY JOE MARSH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 29, 1944 – March 6, 1966
Service recordBobby Joe Marsh, of Oneonta, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 127
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Oneonta, Alabama (Blount County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 127
- PAUL EDWARD RUDEEN JRFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1965
- J H ALEXANDERPlatoon Sergeant · March 6, 1966
- CYRUS SWAN ROBERTS IVFirst Lieutenant · March 6, 1966
- MARIO YBARRAPrivate First Class · March 6, 1966
- CHARLES LOUIS ZOOGPrivate First Class · March 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- J H ALEXANDERPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 127
From Oneonta
- CONRAD EARL POOLESpecialist Five · April 6, 1967
- LONNIE R BUTTSSpecialist Five · May 15, 1967
- ROBERT ANDREW HUIECorporal · January 31, 1968
- LARRY GEORGE CANNONSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID LONGLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
- CAREY LEE JOHNSLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- JOSEPH MICHAEL RAGSDALESpecialist Four · November 18, 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.