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KENNETH JAMES BOSSIE
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
July 26, 1927 – June 11, 1966
Service recordKenneth James Bossie, of Ft Kent, Maine, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 11, 1966, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 33
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 26, 1927
- Home of record
- Ft Kent, Maine (Aroostook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1966
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1966; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 33
- DERWOOD D STEIGLEMAN JRSergeant · June 10, 1966
- DONALD CLAIR WYLESPrivate · June 10, 1966
- KENNETH ALVIN BABBSpecialist Four · June 11, 1966
- DANNIE GLENN BRASWELLPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
From Ft Kent
- BENTON MICHAUDCorporal · January 10, 1968
- RICHARD THOMAS CORRIVEAUCorporal · July 11, 1969
- JOSEPH DENNIS GAGNONSergeant · August 22, 1970
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.