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WILLIAM CHARLES BOBO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 18, 1948 – July 9, 1969
Service recordWilliam Charles Bobo, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 87
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 87
- ANTHONY VULTAGGIOCorporal · July 8, 1969
- JERRY BARFIELDPrivate First Class · July 9, 1969
- THOMAS JACKSON BARNES JRSergeant · July 9, 1969
- DANIEL SULLIVANSpecialist Five · July 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL SULLIVANSpecialist Five · Panel 21W, Line 87
- JAMES CORNELIUS DOLOUGHTYStaff Sergeant · Panel 21W, Line 88
- ROBERT EARL KINGCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 89
- SANTOS RIVERA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 90
- WALTER EUGENE ROBERTSSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 90
- JUAN LUIS TERRAZASSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 91
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 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.