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DONALD CHARLES BOSBERY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 15, 1944 – April 11, 1969
Service recordDonald Charles Bosbery, of Daly City, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 11, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 54
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Born
- September 15, 1944
- Home of record
- Daly City, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 54
- WILLIAM JOHN BANNON JRSpecialist Four · April 11, 1969
- LAURIE EUGENE BARNESFirst Lieutenant · April 11, 1969
- BEVERLY LEE BARNHARTStaff Sergeant · April 11, 1969
- KENNETH EARL BROWNSergeant · April 11, 1969
From Daly City
- RONALD LEE BELKNAPCorporal · August 8, 1966
- GLEN MARK MORRISONPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN MOLOSSILance Corporal · January 13, 1968
- GLENN EDWARD KOLLMANNCommander · March 12, 1968
- SHERRICK CAMDEN BRITTONPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- HAROLD JOHN CLIFFORDSecond Lieutenant · May 26, 1968
- EMIL HAROLD SMEVOLDPrivate First Class · September 4, 1968
- JUAN CARLOS QUINTANASpecialist Four · January 19, 1969
- EDWARD PAUL VANDERVORTCorporal · February 4, 1969
- HENRY DANIEL BELL JRPrivate First Class · January 31, 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.