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BOBBY W JOBE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 2, 1940 – January 8, 1968
Service recordBobby W Jobe, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 2, 1940
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1968; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 87
- JAROLD EDWARD HUMPHREYPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- DONNEY LYRCE JACKSONPetty Officer Third Class · January 8, 1968
- BOBBY RAY JONESPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- HALCOTT PRIDE JONES JRPetty Officer Second Class · January 8, 1968
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 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.