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ALVIN RAY BOZARTH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 23, 1946 – August 13, 1967
Service recordAlvin Ray Bozarth, of Lamont, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 106
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Lamont, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 106
- CYRIL EDWARD STIRNKORBSergeant Major · August 12, 1967
- DOUGLAS DAVIS COFFMANCorporal · August 13, 1967
- JOSEPH WILLIAM CRUZSpecialist Four · August 13, 1967
- RODNEY LOUIS HOFFMANSpecialist Four · August 13, 1967
From Lamont
- JERRY WAYNE MANNINGPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- RONALD BRUCE MOSCorporal · May 20, 1967
- JIMMY CARLUS MONTANASpecialist Four · June 14, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.