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JOHN ROBERT BAMVAKAIS JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 29, 1947 – September 28, 1967
Service recordJohn Robert Bamvakais JR, of Jefferson City, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 23
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Jefferson City, Missouri (Callaway County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 27E, Line 23
- ROBIN LEE VARNEYSergeant · September 27, 1967
- MACK LEE WOOLLEY JRSergeant · September 27, 1967
- WILLIE FRANK ASHLEYPrivate First Class · September 28, 1967
- JOHN PETER BURGESSPrivate · September 28, 1967
From Jefferson City
- DALE LEE CLARKLance Corporal · August 19, 1966
- CLARENCE JOSEPH HEMMELCaptain · October 21, 1967
- EUGENE PHILLIP MCKINNEYCaptain · March 24, 1968
- LARRY DEAN SMITHSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
- JEFFREY LYNN HICKSSergeant · November 20, 1968
- MICHAEL RICHARD FORCKPrivate First Class · March 7, 1969
- RONALD WINSTON THOMPKINSFirst Lieutenant · March 26, 1969
- ROBERT DEAN DAVENPORTCaptain · March 28, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN HARRISCorporal · April 5, 1969
- CHARLES WILLIAM CHANDLERCaptain · April 26, 1969
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.