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GEORGE JOSEPH BOJARSKI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 3, 1946 – March 9, 1967
Service recordGeorge Joseph Bojarski, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 43
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 145 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 43
- LEROY PRESTON BOHRERMajor · March 9, 1967
- PRENTICE FAY BRENTONStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1967
- JOHN MITTCHEL BRONKEMAPetty Officer Second Class · March 9, 1967
- CHARLES PAUL BROWNPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES PAUL BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 43
- EDWARD JAMES HABUREYSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 45
- AMBROSIOS SANTIAGO JURADOStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 45
- RICHARD ALAN JURCAKPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 45
- LLOYD MARTIN KUEHNSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 46
- JOHN MONTAGUE MANSFIELDPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 47
- ANGEL ORTIZ-RODRIGUEZSergeant · Panel 16E, Line 47
- OSCAR WAYNE PIERCESpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 47
- JOHN HOWARD ROTHPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 48
- ROBERT JOHN SOMMERERPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 49
- GUS STOVALL JRPrivate · Panel 16E, Line 49
- LARRY JONATHAN WADDELLSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 49
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.