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JAMES RICHARD BOHLIG
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 10, 1943 – August 19, 1969
Service recordJames Richard Bohlig, of Crockett, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 19, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 65
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Frs Basic F/A-18 Pilot (I) (7521)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VMFA 115 MAG 13
- Born
- July 10, 1943
- Home of record
- Crockett, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VMFA 115 MAG 13”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 19W, Line 65
- RODOLFO P ALLAGONEZSpecialist Four · August 19, 1969
- RAYMOND JOHN ASHNAULTSpecialist Four · August 19, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES BECKMANPetty Officer Third Class · August 19, 1969
- JOSE LLAMASCaptain · August 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD THOMAS MORRISSEYCaptain · Panel 19W, Line 71
From Crockett
- MICHAEL ALLEN WELCHCorporal · April 8, 1967
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.