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BOBBY LOUIS SLOAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 13, 1946 – May 8, 1967
Service recordBobby Louis Sloan, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 86 ENG BN 34 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- April 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 66
- ROBERT DEE SELLS JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- WILLIAM MARSHALL SHAW JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- JOHN DANIEL SLESH JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- RICHARD ANDREWS SNYDERPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.