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BOBBY RAY WILKINS
Private · U.S. Army
June 11, 1945 – June 29, 1969
Service recordBobby Ray Wilkins, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 35
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- June 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 35
- DANIEL LEE TERRYStaff Sergeant · June 29, 1969
- DANIEL KEITH WAPINSKISecond Lieutenant · June 29, 1969
- STEVEN JON WOODCOCKSpecialist Four · June 29, 1969
- DELBERT ELLERY BRIMMERPrivate First Class · June 30, 1969
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
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.