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BOBBY SENTERS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 4, 1938 – June 20, 1966
Service recordBobby Senters, of Ashland, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 69
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 4, 1938
- Home of record
- Ashland, Kentucky (Boyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 69
- GARY LAVERN SANGSTERLance Corporal · June 20, 1966
- DONALD FRANK SCHMIDTCaptain · June 20, 1966
- MARC ANTHONY SIVATTAPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- DONALD RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ERNEST ALSTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 63
- CURTIS HERMAN BULLARDPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 64
- WAYNE LEE EVITTSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 66
- DAVID GEORGE HUTCHINGSSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 66
- FREDERICK ALLEN PHOEBUSSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 68
- GEORGE ANTHONY WILLIAMSPrivate · Panel 8E, Line 70
From Ashland
- CHARLES DONALD SENTERSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- JAMES LEONARD FAINSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- WILLIAM CLIFFORD FRALEYSergeant First Class · July 6, 1966
- LAWRENCE EDWARD LEWISAirman First Class · May 12, 1967
- CARL PHILIP MCCORMICKSergeant · November 5, 1967
- ARTHUR JACKSON SANDERSStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1967
- JOSEPH BRUCE ROBINSONPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- DOUGLAS FRANKLIN LOUDENBACKPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM ALLENSpecialist Five · April 23, 1968
- KENNETH RAY NEWSOMELance Corporal · May 6, 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.