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BOBBY WAYNE POWELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 17, 1944 – June 16, 1970
Service recordBobby Wayne Powell, of Robards, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 58
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 17, 1944
- Home of record
- Robards, Kentucky (Henderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 58
- MARCUS WAYNE MADDOXCorporal · June 16, 1970
- JAMES ROLAND MCCRONECaptain · June 16, 1970
- ROBERT WILFRED MCDONALDSpecialist Four · June 16, 1970
- ROBERT LEE SEARGENTSpecialist Four · June 16, 1970
From Robards
- GEORGE BRYANT GIVENS JRLance Corporal · February 22, 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.