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BOBBY LEE PALK
Captain · U.S. Army
October 3, 1940 – December 18, 1970
Service recordBobby Lee Palk, of Bloomington Springs, Tennessee, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1970, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 130
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 3, 1940
- Home of record
- Bloomington Springs, Tennessee (Putnam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1970
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1970; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 130
- SAMUEL ROY LYNCHSpecialist Four · December 18, 1970
- STEPHEN MICHAEL LYNCHSergeant · December 18, 1970
- MICHAEL BOOTH MARCUSStaff Sergeant · December 18, 1970
- JOHN MARTINEZSpecialist Five · December 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD CALVIN CORDLESergeant First Class · Panel 6W, Line 128
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.