The Wall › Panel 24W › Texas › Robert Arthur Dobbs
ROBERT ARTHUR DOBBS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 22, 1943 – May 23, 1969
Service recordRobert Arthur Dobbs, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 83
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 22, 1943
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 83
- RAYMOND LYN COLLIERFirst Lieutenant · May 23, 1969
- JACK VANN CRUMPFirst Lieutenant · May 23, 1969
- JOSEPH DENNIS FISCHERPetty Officer Third Class · May 23, 1969
- JOSE M GALARZA-QUINONESCorporal · May 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD A BROWNSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 82
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.