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BOBBY JOE SHOCKLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 17, 1947 – August 13, 1966
Service recordBobby Joe Shockley, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 2
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 17, 1947
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 2
- GARY LEE SARGENTSergeant · August 13, 1966
- JOHN CALVIN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 13, 1966
- GARY LIONEL VINASCaptain · August 13, 1966
- MICHAEL D WALLACEPrivate First Class · August 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN IVORY JONES JRSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 131
- HARVEY WOODFORD GILBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 133
- JOHN CABLE PETTY IISergeant · Panel 10E, Line 1
- ROSARIO ROSA-SEINSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 1
- MICHAEL D WALLACEPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 2
- RONALD LEE WOODSPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 3
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.