• HONOR MEDAL OF HONOR RESIPENT MARINE CORPS 2LT JOHN PAUL BOBO

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    TODAY , TUESDAY , 30 MARCH 2021 , VIETNAM REFLECTIONS - FALLEN HEROES
    WILL HONOR MEDAL OF HONOR RESIPENT MARINE CORPS 2LT JOHN PAUL BOBO , ONE
    OF THE 38 BRAVE SERVICEMEN THAT ANSWERED OUR NATION'S CALL TO DUTY IN
    SOUTHEAST ASIA AND GAVE ALL IN THE LINE OF FIRE ON THURSDAY , 30 MARCH
    1969 FOR OUR COUNTRY .
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    JOHN P BOBO WAS BORN ON 14 FEBRUARY 1943 IN NIAGARA FALLS , NIAGRA
    COUNTY , NEW YORK AND GREW UP THERE . HE GRADUATED FROM THE BISHOP DUFFY
    HIGH SCHOOL IN THE CLASS OF 1961 . WHILE ATTENDING NIAGARA UNIVERSITY ,
    HE ENLISTED INTO THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE . JOHN GRADUATED FROM NIAGARA UNIVERSITY IN 1965 WITH A B.A. DEGREE IN HISTORY . HE WAS COMMISSIONED
    A SECOND LIEUTENANT IN THE MARINE CORPS RESERVES . HE COMPLETED THE
    OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL IN QUANTICO , VIRGINIA IN MAY 1966 .
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    2LT JOHN P BOBO BEGAN HIS TOUR OF DUTY IN SOUTH VIETNAM IN JUNE 1966 AS
    A 24 YEAR OLD ,SECOND PLATOON COMMANDER WITH COMPANY I , 3RD BATTALION ,
    9TH MARINE REGIMENT , 3RD MARINE DIVISION , FLEET MARINE FORCE , VIETNAM .
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    OVER THE COURSE OF LATE 1965 AND EARLY 1966 , THE NVA AND VIET CONG
    INTENSIFIED THEIR MILITARY THREAT ALONG THE DMZ . THE TACTICAL GOAL OF
    THE ENEMY FORCES ALONG THE DMZ IN THE QUANG TRI PROVINCE , WAS TO DRAW
    THE ALLIED FORCES AWAY FROM CITIES AND TOWNS . OPERATION PAIRIE III
    WOULD BE CONDUCTED FROM 19 MARCH TO 19 APRIL 1967 . THE OPERATION WAS A CONTINUATION OF OPERATION PRAIRIE AND PRAIRIE II . THE ENEMY FORCES
    IN THE AREA WAS THE NVA 324A AND 341 1ST DIVISION . ON 20 MARCH THE NVA
    HIT FIREBASE GIO LINH WITH ROCKETS MORTARS , AND ARTILLERY FIRE AND
    CONTINUED TO HIT GIO LINH AND CON THIEN ALMOST DAILY . ON 21 MARCH AN
    ALLIED SUPPLY CONVOY WAS HIT BY NVA FORCES JUST SOUTH OF GIO LINH
    DESTROYING 6 TRUCKS . ON THE 28TH OF MARCH THE 3/3 MARINES AND 1/9
    MARINES WERE REPLACED BY THE 3RD BATTALION , 9TH MAEINES WHICH CONDUCTED PATROLS AND NIGHT AMBUSHES NORTH OF CAM LO COMBAT BASE . ON 30 MARCH ,
    COMPANY I , 3/9 MARINES HAD ESTABLISHED AMBUSH SITES 9.5 KILOMETERS
    NORTHWEST OF CAM LO , AGAINST THE NVA THE COMMAND GROUP AND A SMALL
    SECURITY ELEMENT WERE ATTACKED BY A NVA REINFORCED COMPANY UTILIZING
    HEAVY AUTOMATIC WEAPONS AND MORTAR FIRE . THE NVA WALKED MORTAR FIRE
    ACROSSS THE POSITION TWICE BEFORE LAUNCHING A GROUND ASSAULT. 2LT BOBO IMMEDIATELY ORGANIZED A HASTY DEFENSE AND RHEN MOVED FROM POSITION TO
    POSITION ENCOURAGING THE OUTNUMBERED MARINES DESPITE THE MURDEROUS ENEMY
    FIRE RECOVERING A ROCKET LAUNCHER FROM AMONG A MARINE CASUALTY , HE
    ORGANIZED A NEW LAUNCHER TEAM AND DIRECTED ITS FIRE INTO THE ENEMY
    MACHINE GUN POSITIONS . WHEN AN EXPLODING MORTAR ROUND SEVERED 2LT
    BOBO'S RIGHT LEG BELOW THE KNEE , HE REFUSED TO BE EVACUATED AND
    INSISTED UPON BEING PLACED IN A FIRING POSITION TO COVER THE MOVEMENT OF
    THE COMMAND GROUP TO A BETTER LOCATION . WITH A WEB BELT AROUND HIS LEG SERVING AS A TOURNIQUET AND HIS LEG JAMMED INTO THE DIRT TO CONTAIN THE BLEEDING , HE REMAINED IN POSITION DELIVERING DEVASTATING FIRE INTO THE
    RANKS OF THE ENEMY ATTEMPTING TO OVERRUN THE MARINES . WITH 2LT JOHN
    BOBO WAS PLACING FIRE INTO A MAIN POINT OF THE ENEMY ATTACK HE WAS
    KILLED BY THE HOSTILE ENEMY FIRE . HIS BODY WAS RECOVERED .
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    2LT JOHN PAUL BOBO WAS AWARDED THE NAVY/MARINE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR
    CONSPICIOUS GALLANTRY AND INTERPIDITY AT THE RISK OF HIS LIFE ABOVE AND
    BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY . 2LT JOHN P BOBO'S HEROISM INSPIRED HIS MEN TO
    HEROIC EFFORTS AND HIS TENACIOUS STAND ENABLED THE COMMAND GROUP TO GAIN
    A PROTECTIVE POSITION WHERE THE ENEMY ASSAULT WAS REPULSED . 2LT BOBO'S
    SUPERB LEADERSHIP , DAUNTLESS COURAGE AND BOLD INITIATIVE REFLECTED
    GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF , HIS UNIT , AND THE UNITED STATES ARMY .
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    THE U.S. NAVY HONORS 2LT JOHN PAUL BOBO BY NAMING ONE OF THE SHIPS IN
    THE MARINE PREPOSITIONING FLEET , A 673 FOOT SHIP NAMED USN 2ND LT JOHN
    P BOBO .
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    THE OFFICERS MESS HALL IN QUANTICO , VIRGINIA WAS NAMED BOBO HALL IN
    HONOR OF 2LT JOJN PAUL BOBO .
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    THE NIAGARA FALLS STATE PARK MEDAL OF HONOR MONUMENT WAS MEMORIALIZED
    WITH 2LT JOHN PAUL BOBO'S NAME ON IT .
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    THE NIAGARA UNIVERSITY'S BASEBALLE FIELD WAS RENAMED THE JOHN P BOBO
    FIELD .
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    THE MARINE CORPS SECURITY FORCES RESPONSE FACILITY AT NAVAL WEAPONS
    STATION EARL WAS DEDICATED TO 2LT JOHN BOBO .
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    THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL WALL HONORS 2LT JOHN PAUL BOBO WITH HIS
    NAME INSCRIBED ON WALL PANEL 17 EAST - LINE 70 .
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    VIETNAM REFLECTIONS - FALLEN HEROES THANKS 2LT JOHN PAUL BOBO FOR HIS CONSPICIOUS GALLANTRY AND INTREPIDITY IN ACTIONS AND ACKNOWLEDGES AND APPRECIATES THE SUPREME SACRIFICE THAT 2LT BOBO , HIS LOVED ONES , AND
    FRIENDS GAVE FOR OUR COUNTRY .
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    2LT JOHN PAUL BOBO WAS INTERRED IN THE GATE OF HEAVEN CEMETERY LOCATED
    IN LESISTON , NIAGARA COUNTY , NEW YORK
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    COMPANY I , 3RD BN , 9TH MARINES LOST ELEVEN BRAVE MARINES IN THE
    ENGAFMENT ON 30 MARCH 1967 IN THE QUANG TRI PROVINCE AND THEY WERE :
    2LT JOHN P BOBO - NIAFARA FALLS , NEW YORK
    CPL JOHN L LOWERANITIES - DUBOIS , PA .
    CPL WALTER J NERAD JR - MAPLE HEIGHTS , OH.
    CPL DAVID A SIEMON - SPRINGDALE , PA .
    LCPL JAMES E BLEVINS - EMPIRE , OH .
    LCPL LARRY H CRUMBAKER - SALEM , OH ,.
    PFC ALBERT G ANTER - CENTRAL FALLS , RI.
    PFC RUBEN M ARMENTA - PICO RIVERA , CA .
    PFC EDWARD E CANNON - AVON PARK , FL ;
    PFC FRANK H THOMAS JR ,- POMPANO BEACH , FL .
    PFC WALLACE WILLIAMS - NEW YORK , NY .
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    copyright references :
    Honor States
    The Wall of Faces - Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund
    Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall .
    Together We Served
    Wikipedia

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