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JAMES EDWARD BOSTOCK
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 21, 1942 – February 5, 1967
Service recordJames Edward Bostock, of Endicott, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 122
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 21, 1942
- Home of record
- Endicott, New York (Broome County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1967; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 122
- JOSEPH MARTIN BRADYPrivate First Class · February 5, 1967
- ULYSSES G BURROUGHSStaff Sergeant · February 5, 1967
- DAVID D DAVENPORT JRPrivate First Class · February 5, 1967
- LEON NORMAND DOUCETCorporal · February 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH MARTIN BRADYPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 122
- HENRY ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 123
- KENNETH DAVID ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 125
From Endicott
- AARON GREGORY FIDIAM JRTechnical Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- FRANK FETTUCCIAPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- GARY LEE PARSONSPetty Officer Third Class · May 5, 1968
- CHARLES MACKOColonel · February 22, 1969
- LARRY JAMES CONKLINSpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
- FRED KARAMANPrivate First Class · April 17, 1969
- WAYNE LOUIS CARLSONLance Corporal · August 26, 1969
- WILLIAM WARREN SURETTE JRStaff Sergeant · January 20, 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.