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BOBBY RAY ADKINS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 7, 1948 – June 24, 1969
Service recordBobby Ray Adkins, of Mud, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 5
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Mud, West Virginia (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 5
- ROBERT CLEVEN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- JAMES KEITH AMEIGHWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1969
- RICHARD MAXWELL ARANNChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 24, 1969
- JOHN ANTHONY BERRIOLance Corporal · June 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES KEITH AMEIGHWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 21W, Line 5
- FERNANDO DERUBEISSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 6
- ALBERT JUNIOR JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 7
- JAMES ALLEN SLATERSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 10
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.