Bobby Gene Haynes was born in Flag Pond, Tennessee, the son of Hubert Franklin Haynes and Verta Carn.
Military Data
MOS 11E4T Armor Crewman
Length Service 01
Unit C Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry, USARV
Casualty Data
Start Tour 26 May 1969
Incident Date 6 September 1969
Casualty Date 6 September 1969
Age at Loss 21
Location Binh Long Province, South Vietnam
Remains Body recovered
Casualty Type Hostile, died outright
Casualty Reason Ground casualty
Casualty Detail Multiple fragmentation wounds
Vietnam Wall Panel 18W Line 046
Burial Edwards Cemetery, Flag Pond, Unicoi County, Tennessee
SGT Bobby G. Haynes was a loader on a Sheridan tank with Troop C, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment. On September 6, 1969, during a reconnaissance in force mission reinforcing another troop five miles south of Loc Ninh Air Field in Binh Long Province, RVN, Troop C came under an intensive barrage of small arms, automatic weapons, and rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) fire from an estimated battalion of North Vietnamese Army soldiers. During the engagement, SGT Haynes climbed on the turret of his tank to direct the crewmen. While aggressively fighting the enemy, an RPG slammed into the Sheridan, killing Haynes instantly. He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star for bravery.
The Johnson City Press, September 14, 1969
A Unicoi Countian, 20, was killed Sept. 6, in Vietnam, while serving with the 11th Armored Cavalry. He was killed while serving as a member of a military vehicle crew in operations. He was a 1968 graduate of Unicoi County High School. He entered the Army in June, 1968, and was assigned to Vietnam in May of 1969. Sgt. Haynes was a member of the Clear Branch Baptist Church. Survivors include the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Haynes, Rt. 1, Flag Pond; two brothers, Donald Slagle, Rockwell, Md., and Terry Lee Haynes of the home; four sisters, Mrs. R.B. English, Mars Hill, N.C., Mrs. Varnel Effler, Flag Pond, Mrs. Robert Ozmer, Flag Pond, Mrs. Avery Lynch, Waycross, Ga.; several nieces and nephews.
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- Rank: Sergeant
- Date of birth: 26 February 1948
- Date of death: 6 September 1969
- County: Unicoi
- Hometown: Flag Pond
- Service Branch: Army
- Division/Assignment: 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
- Conflict: Vietnam
- Awards: Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: Edwards Cemetery, Flag Pond, Unicoi County, TN
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XXIV, Middle Panel
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