Rank: Sergeant
Unit: L Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11B – Infantryman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Valorous Unit Award, Meritorious Unit Citation, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Note: 3rd platoon, Track L-31
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 2-Oct-1940
Hometown: El Paso, Texas
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Start of tour: 15-Nov-1966
Incident date: 8-Jan-1968
Date of casualty: 8-Jan-1968
Age at death: 27
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Artillery/Mortar/Rocket. Artillery, rocket, or mortar.
Bobby W. Jobe died from metal fragment wounds received while commander of military vehicle when vehicle struck by hostile anti-tank round.
Location of fatality: Tay Ninh, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, Texas, USA
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