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BOBBY RAY QUESENBERRY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 18, 1949 – August 7, 1969
Service recordBobby Ray Quesenberry, of Riverdale, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 109
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Riverdale, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 109
- ROBERT FRANKLIN OLSONCaptain · August 7, 1969
- STEPHEN BLAKE PEELSpecialist Four · August 7, 1969
- CHARLES LENARD REEFERCorporal · August 7, 1969
- STEPHEN PAUL SHANERSergeant · August 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- NORMAN LEE BARTONCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 106
- PEDRO ASCENCION DELORAPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 107
- LAWRENCE HENRY JACKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 108
From Riverdale
- JAMES GERALD MCGOVERNLance Corporal · July 29, 1967
- JAMES NORRIS DAVISPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- DAVID ALAN REEDPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- BARRY WAYNE SMITHPrivate First Class · February 19, 1969
- HOWARD EUGENE WRIGHTPrivate First Class · February 19, 1969
- TIMOTHY CALVIN DRAKESergeant First Class · May 10, 1970
- PAUL EDWARD BRIDGETTCorporal · August 26, 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.