The Wall › Panel 24E › North Carolina › Bobby Ray Tabron
BOBBY RAY TABRON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 12, 1946 – July 29, 1967
Service recordBobby Ray Tabron, of Spring Hope, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 45
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Spring Hope, North Carolina (Nash County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
184 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1967; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 24E, Line 45
- ROBERT ALLEN STICKLERAirman Apprentice · July 29, 1967
- KENNETH DALE STRAINAirman · July 29, 1967
- ROBERT HATCHER SWAINPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- LEE ROY TAYLORCorporal · July 29, 1967
From Spring Hope
- BENNETT G WILDERChief Warrant Officer 3 · September 29, 1967
- LUTHER TOMMY WILDERSpecialist Four · April 4, 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.