The Wall › Panel 25W › Tennessee › Bobby Joe Yewell
BOBBY JOE YEWELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 17, 1948 – May 12, 1969
Service recordBobby Joe Yewell, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 92
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 92
- ROGER EDSON WOOSTERPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- DENNIS HAROLD WRIGHTPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- JOHN MARSHALL YEATTSCaptain · May 12, 1969
- REX CHARLES ALLREDSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARY ALLEN CORRIEPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 64
- DAVID EUGENE DEMINGSPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 66
- PHILLIP RAY DOEBERTSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 66
- WILLIAM MICHAEL FIELDSSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 68
- EARNEST TAYLOR FREEMANSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 68
- DONALD WAYNE GARRETTPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 68
- RONALD LEONARD GRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 69
- LAWRENCE DANIEL HARVEYPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 71
- ORVAL CLYDE JORDON IIISpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 73
- ROBERT DEAN LEWISSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 75
- RICHARD H MCCORMICK JRSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 78
- RAYMOND FRANK NORVELLSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 81
- CECIL WAYNE QUEENSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 82
- ROBERT ALLEN ROOSSIENSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 83
- CHARLES GILBERT STULTZSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 87
- WAYNE DOUGLAS STIGENPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 91
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 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.