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BOBBY LEE FOREMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 4, 1947 – July 7, 1967
Service recordBobby Lee Foreman, of Lexington, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 27
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Lexington, Kentucky (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1967; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 27
- WILBUR LYNN COSSONPetty Officer First Class · July 7, 1967
- THOMAS ALBERT DEROSIERCaptain · July 7, 1967
- DAVID MARIUS DURANCEAULance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- DAVID WAYNE QUALLSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GLEN VINCENT DAVEYSergeant · Panel 23E, Line 26
From Lexington
- WILLIAM KATHMAN BARRETTFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1965
- DAYMON DONALD HORNStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1965
- VERNON EDWARD HOLLANDLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD STRADERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1966
- JERRY LANG ONANPrivate First Class · May 4, 1966
- WILLIAM LOUIS MADISONChief Master Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- WILLIAM KEEN STOLL JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM HAMMSpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS HOGAN JRCorporal · March 14, 1967
- WILLIAM P CENTERS JRSpecialist Five · May 21, 1967
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.