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GEORGE JOSEPH BODNAR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 12, 1944 – August 15, 1968
Service recordGeorge Joseph Bodnar, of South Euclid, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 16
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. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Tank Unit Commander (1203)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 12, 1944
- Home of record
- South Euclid, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 16
- BRUCE WAYNE COLLINSSergeant · August 14, 1968
- HENRYK TADUESZ SULATYCKISergeant First Class · August 14, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE VANGESSELSpecialist Five · August 14, 1968
- BAY BENTON BOOTHEStaff Sergeant · August 15, 1968
From South Euclid
- THOMAS ARTHUR CONKLINPetty Officer Third Class · May 26, 1967
- RONALD NICHOLIS SITTNERMajor · August 23, 1967
- MARK DUANE MARSHALLCorporal · March 29, 1969
- PHILIP EUGENE RICHARDChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 26, 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.