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BOBBY RAY MEFFORD
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 7, 1948 – August 6, 1967
Service recordBobby Ray Mefford, of Russellville, Kentucky, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 6, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 83
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Russellville, Kentucky (Logan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 83
- LOWELL C HANSENStaff Sergeant · August 6, 1967
- DONALD RICHARD KEMMERERMajor · August 6, 1967
- FRANCIS MICHAEL MICHINOKPrivate First Class · August 6, 1967
- DARYL L MILLERWarrant Officer 1 · August 6, 1967
From Russellville
- ALVIN MARION SHIFFLETT JRPetty Officer Third Class · October 26, 1966
- JAMES ERWIN PRICEPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- ALBERT RUSSELL SANFORDCorporal · March 30, 1968
- LAVAUGHN ELLIOTTSergeant · July 7, 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.