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CHARLES GLEN BOBO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 1, 1950 – February 8, 1971
Service recordCharles Glen Bobo, of Guntersville, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1971, in Laos, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Guntersville, Alabama (Marshall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1971. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while Operation Lam Son 719 was under way. In Lam Son 719 (February–March 1971), South Vietnamese troops drove into Laos to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail, carried and supported by U.S. helicopters and aircraft; more than 100 U.S. helicopters were lost.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 86
- THOMAS ANTHONY SONYCorporal · February 7, 1971
- RAFAEL RIVERA BENITEZPlatoon Sergeant · February 8, 1971
- TYRONE CARLOS BRADLEYSeaman · February 8, 1971
- BARRY LYNN BRINEGARCorporal · February 8, 1971
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS PATRICK DOODYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 5W, Line 87
- PAUL CLARK STEWARTChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 5W, Line 89
From Guntersville
- LEWIS EDWARD WOODSergeant First Class · September 10, 1969
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.