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WILLIE ROY MOBLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 19, 1947 – July 5, 1968
Service recordWillie Roy Mobley, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 22
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
- Water Treatment Specialist (51N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 554 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- March 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 22
- HENRY ALVERSON LEDFORDSecond Lieutenant · July 5, 1968
- RUFUS MICHAEL MARTINSergeant · July 5, 1968
- GLENN RAY MILLERPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
- JOHN BUTLER MURRAYCorporal · July 5, 1968
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 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.