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U.S. Air Force · United States 
Colonel Bobby Gene Vinson served in the U.S. Air Force. Bobby served with the 480th Tactical Fighter Squadron. Bobby served in the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Cold War. Bobby was 40 years old.
How He Died
Manner
Undetermined
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
Circumstance
Missing in action
Service Record
U.S. Air Force
1115F: Pilot, Tactical Fighter (F-4 Phantom II, various models)
PILOT
NEDERLAND, TX
1998
Pay grade O06.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
5
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery
Section
51
Grave
2438
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Bobby Gene Vinson
Colonel
U.S. Air Force
- 1998
480th Tactical Fighter Squadron
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