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CARL EDWARD BOCKEWITZ
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
February 16, 1939 – February 28, 1967
Service recordCarl Edward Bockewitz, of Bourbon, Missouri, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 28, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 113
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- February 16, 1939
- Home of record
- Bourbon, Missouri (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1967; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 113
- RICHARD LEONARD BOLTZPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- DON GAYNOR BOYDLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS BYRDLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- ROBERT JESS CALVILLOCorporal · February 28, 1967
From Bourbon
- NEAL STEVEN CROWDERSergeant · March 13, 1971
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.