Name: Bobby Ray Childs Panel/Line: 56E/1 Force: Army Company: A Rank: Corporal / Specialist Four Pay Grade: E3 Posthumous Promotion CAACF: 53610313 |
Home of Record: Greenwood, SC Birth Date: July 30, 1947 Race: Negro Gender: M Religion: Baptist Married: N |
Death Date: May 6, 1968 Cause of Death: "ground casualty gun, small arms fire hostile"; Died in Gia Dinh at age 20 The body was recovered. |
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Comment | [SFC Otis E. Saunders (Ret.)] I was at Bobby's side the morning he died. I took a wound myself and was later shipped back to the States for 18 months of recovery. Bobby was one of the best guys I served with in my career in the Army. I tried to go back to Vietnam to avenge his death but they wouldn't let me. It appeared that he took a full load from an ak47. He will always be remembered by me. SFC Otis E. Saunders (Ret.) |
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