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JOHN EUGEN BODENSCHATZ JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 29, 1946 – August 28, 1966
Service recordJohn Eugen Bodenschatz JR, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on August 28, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 52
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- K CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- May 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- August 28, 1966
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1966; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “K CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 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 10E, Line 52
- MILTON LEE VAUGHANPrivate First Class · August 27, 1966
- JOHN ELMO WATSONPrivate First Class · August 27, 1966
- ROBERT LEO BABULAStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL TAYLORCorporal · August 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEO BABULAStaff Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 52
- ROBERT CURTIS BORTON JRGunnery Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 53
- DENNIS RAY CARTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 53
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.