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LEON NELSON BOBO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 25, 1951 – May 21, 1970
Service recordLeon Nelson Bobo, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1970, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 74
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 25, 1951
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 74
- DONALD GENE BUSSESpecialist Four · May 21, 1970
- PATRICK FRANCIS CAWLEYWarrant Officer 1 · May 21, 1970
- ROBERT PAUL COTESergeant · May 21, 1970
- JUANITO MAIQUEZ ESCANOSergeant · May 21, 1970
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.