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JOHN AUSTIN BOSSOM
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 19, 1949 – November 30, 1969
Service recordJohn Austin Bossom, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 9
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 15W, Line 9
- JIMMY REA BURKSpecialist Four · November 30, 1969
- DONALD ALLEN R DEMONDPrivate First Class · November 30, 1969
- TOM HABADASpecialist Four · November 30, 1969
- RUSSELL JONES JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS HOWARD JONESSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 10
- ROBERT KENNETH PARKERSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 10
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
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.