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BOBBY LEE TARTER
Chief Warrant Officer 3 · U.S. Army
January 8, 1933 – August 24, 1969
Service recordBobby Lee Tarter, of Brownsville, Kentucky, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 3 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 110
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CW3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Automotive Repair Technician (632A)
- Born
- January 8, 1933
- Home of record
- Brownsville, Kentucky (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1969
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 110
- RICHARD ALLEN ANDERSONLance Corporal · August 24, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL SKOGERBOESecond Lieutenant · August 24, 1969
- RICHARD JOSEPH WHITECorporal · August 24, 1969
- JOHN RANDALL ZIMMERMANCorporal · August 24, 1969
From Brownsville
- JAMES LARRY HIGHTOWERCorporal · October 22, 1966
- DARRELL HOGANStaff Sergeant · October 30, 1971
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.