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BOBBY RUSSELL
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 25, 1937 – June 10, 1965
Service recordBobby Russell, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- December 25, 1937
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1965
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 6
- WILLIAM ROBERT BATCHELDERPrivate First Class · June 10, 1965
- ZOLTAN ALAJOS KOVACSWarrant Officer 1 · June 10, 1965
- EDWARD EUGENE KRUKOWSKICaptain · June 10, 1965
- DONALD RUSSELL SAEGAERTWarrant Officer 1 · June 10, 1965
Same unit, same day
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · Panel 2E, Line 4
- CHARLES OWEN JENKINS JRSergeant · Panel 2E, Line 5
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- JAMES PATRICK BROCKCorporal · December 10, 1965
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.