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BOBBY PAT LINDLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 11, 1947 – March 26, 1969
Service recordBobby Pat Lindley, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1969, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 49
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; four of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 28W, Line 49
- WILLIAM COLUMBUS STREVEL JRCaptain · March 1, 1969
- JOSE LEZAMA JRPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
- ROBERT DARYL LIESERPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
- JAMES LEE LOCKEFirst Lieutenant · March 26, 1969
- CLYDE AUSTIN LUCASSpecialist Five · March 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE FRANK GREENCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 46
- ROBERT OLIVER WELLSSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 55
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.