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BOBBY JOE WALTERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 14, 1947 – March 27, 1969
Service recordBobby Joe Walters, of Petersburg, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 64
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)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- May 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Petersburg, Indiana (Pike County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1969; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 64
- CLYDE SEILERMajor · March 27, 1969
- ANTHONY JOHN URRUTIAFirst Lieutenant · March 27, 1969
- RODNEY ALLEN VORESpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
- JOHN BUSSEY WALLERSpecialist Five · March 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE ANGLINSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 56
- DIMITRIOS G ARNIOTISSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 56
- RENE ALDO BULLERPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 57
- WILLIAM DEBRECE CODYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 57
- EVERETT T CULPPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 58
- LOUIS KRIMMIT DIXONSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 58
- JOSEPH JAMES DOBYNESSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 59
- DAVID ELWOOD FLANNERYSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 60
- LEONARD CLARENCE IVY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 60
- OSCAR GIBSON JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 61
- ALLISON WAYNE LOCKLAIRSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 61
- LESLIE WAYNE WORLSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 65
From Petersburg
- STEVEN ALLEN BELLLance Corporal · March 23, 1969
- KENNETH W FOWLERTechnical Sergeant · April 25, 1969
- DOUGLAS ALAN LEMONDPrivate First Class · October 14, 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.