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JAMES GILBERT BOSLEY
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
March 15, 1946 – September 2, 1967
Service recordJames Gilbert Bosley, of New Creek, West Virginia, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 2, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 119 AVN CO 52 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 15, 1946
- Home of record
- New Creek, West Virginia (Mineral County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “119 AVN CO 52 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 81
- JERRY BELEYPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- BILLY JOE BENNETTPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM GEORGE BENNETTColonel · September 2, 1967
- CHARLES FREDERICK BIGHAMLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LEE DANIELWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 25E, Line 82
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.