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BOBBY LYNN WEATHERS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 4, 1948 – March 17, 1968
Service recordBobby Lynn Weathers, of Longview, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 16
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Warehouse Clerk (3051)
- Born
- February 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Longview, Texas (Gregg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 16
- WENDELL GENE TAYLORSpecialist Four · March 17, 1968
- PATRICK JOSEPH TREMBLAYPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- JAMES WITTPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- DAVID LYNN BROWNLance Corporal · March 18, 1968
From Longview
- NORMAN RAY GARRETTPrivate · February 15, 1965
- WILLIAM BUCKELE NORTHCUTTPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- JAMES LEE WATKINSLance Corporal · January 28, 1967
- GARLAND PAUL LITTLEPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- JOHN WAYNE CAVERSergeant · October 31, 1967
- RICHARD ALTON HOLLOWAYSpecialist Four · December 2, 1967
- JIM LAMARR AILSTOCK JRSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- RAYMOND RICHARD GILLOCKSpecialist Five · March 28, 1968
- JAMES DAVIS MOLPUSFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 1968
- THOMAS CLEO FYFFEPrivate First Class · July 24, 1968
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.