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BOBBY RAY CHILDS
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 30, 1947 – May 6, 1968
Service recordBobby Ray Childs, of Greenwood, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 1
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Greenwood, South Carolina (Greenwood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 1
- WAYNE JOSEPH BEDWELLPrivate · May 6, 1968
- DAVID LEE BETEBENNERSergeant · May 6, 1968
- EDWARD LEE BROCKSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- DONALD RAY BROGDONCorporal · May 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN THOMAS HOSKINSCaptain · Panel 56E, Line 9
- BENNIE FRANK MONFORTStaff Sergeant · Panel 56E, Line 12
From Greenwood
- RONALD EDWARD SPROUSEPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- WILLIAM OTHELLO ADAMS JRPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- BOBBY GENE STEVENSONStaff Sergeant · January 2, 1969
- CLYDE STANLEY SWEATTSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- JERRY BRYANTSergeant · September 5, 1969
- BILLY LEE COKERPetty Officer Third Class · November 24, 1969
- DANNY ROY MAGAHAPrivate First Class · February 4, 1970
- GREGORY CARLYLE SCHOPERFirst Lieutenant · February 14, 1970
- DAVID YELDELLSpecialist Four · May 6, 1970
- DAVID LEE BROOKSCorporal · July 3, 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.