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BOBBY RAY ALEXANDER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 13, 1947 – November 16, 1967
Service recordBobby Ray Alexander, of Decatur, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 16, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 104
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Decatur, Alabama (Morgan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 104
- JOHN FRANCIS BETTENCOURTPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- DONALD WILLIAM BOYERSpecialist Four · November 16, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM BREDESpecialist Four · November 16, 1967
- LEWIS CLAYTON CHILDRESSCorporal · November 16, 1967
From Decatur
- TOMMY L NICHOLASPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- RONALD DUDLEY RICHCorporal · December 28, 1966
- JOHN EARL MCVAYPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- JOHN WALLACE HOSE JRLance Corporal · September 27, 1967
- ARIE TERRYCorporal · April 30, 1968
- WILLIAM HILLIARD OVERTONFirst Lieutenant · May 4, 1969
- CARL EUGENE MORGANPrivate First Class · August 3, 1969
- BILLY WAYNE EARPCorporal · August 10, 1969
- MORGAN WILLIAM WEEDFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1970
- RODGER PINKNEY CROWSpecialist Four · August 30, 1970
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.