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JOHN ARTHUR BOSCH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 29, 1948 – August 21, 1968
Service recordJohn Arthur Bosch, of Astoria, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 21, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 15
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- November 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Astoria, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 15
- DANNY LEE BLAKEFirst Lieutenant · August 21, 1968
- JAMES LEE BOWDENCorporal · August 21, 1968
- HERSHEL JOE BULLOCK SRWarrant Officer 1 · August 21, 1968
- GEORGE AUSTIN CARNEYSpecialist Four · August 21, 1968
From Astoria
- CHRISTOPHER JO OSULLIVANCaptain · May 30, 1965
- HECTOR LOPEZPrivate · October 6, 1965
- GRIJALBA HUMBERTO RONSpecialist Four · October 8, 1965
- JOSEPH FRANK SMITHPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH BARZANSpecialist Four · September 25, 1966
- JOSEPH JAMES DODDPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- LARRY ANTHONY CRISCISpecialist Four · May 17, 1967
- RUSSELL LOUIS FILIBERTISpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- DAVID MICHAEL AGAZZIPetty Officer Third Class · September 29, 1967
- GILBERT DIAZLance Corporal · January 28, 1968
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.