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BOBBY LEE FAVORS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 27, 1931 – February 4, 1966
Service recordBobby Lee Favors, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 27, 1931
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 1
- ARDON WILLIAM CARTERSergeant · February 4, 1966
- RICHARD HAROLD MAINPrivate First Class · February 4, 1966
- STANLEY JAMES THOMPSONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1966
- FRANKIE LEE WALLACESecond Lieutenant · February 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ANTONIO BARBOSA-VILLAFANEPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 136
- WILLIAM ALFRED BASON IIPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 136
- STANLEY JAMES THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 1
- JIMMY ALLEN MARCUMSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 2
- JAMES R NEUBAUERStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 2
- PAUL RAY SETZERStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 2
- FRANK RAYMOND STAMPERStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 2
- ARNOLD E ISONSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 3
- CHARLES EDWARD STRADERStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 3
- JOHN H THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 3
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- JERALD RILEY TOWATERPrivate First Class · March 29, 1966
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.