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BOBBY SPENCER MALICHI
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 9, 1936 – December 25, 1968
Service recordBobby Spencer Malichi, of Bennettsville, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 25, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 76
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- January 9, 1936
- Home of record
- Bennettsville, South Carolina (Marlboro County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 25, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 25, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 76
- SANDY LEE HOOKERSergeant · December 25, 1968
- CHARLES DOUGLAS KINGChief Master Sergeant · December 25, 1968
- THOMAS FRANCIS ODEA JRLieutenant Colonel · December 25, 1968
- JIMMIE LEE ROBINSONPrivate First Class · December 25, 1968
From Bennettsville
- GORDON SAMUEL HUGGINSPlatoon Sergeant · November 1, 1965
- JIMMY EARL MUMFORDCorporal · February 5, 1967
- DONALD BURRIS POPELance Corporal · February 19, 1967
- VERNAR SLOANPrivate First Class · July 26, 1968
- GEORGE DEWEY QUICK JRPrivate First Class · January 22, 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.