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BOBBY LEE WADDELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 14, 1942 – December 20, 1966
Service recordBobby Lee Waddell, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 12 INF 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 14, 1942
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 66
- JAMES CARL THOMASLance Corporal · December 20, 1966
- CHARLES HOMER BALLPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- JACK EVAN BEAMPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- EDWARD LEROY BROCKSergeant · December 21, 1966
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 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.