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LOSSIE FRANKLIN BONE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 14, 1945 – February 20, 1970
Service recordLossie Franklin Bone, of Marlin, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 34
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- May 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Marlin, Texas (Falls County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 34
- RICHARD ALLEN WHITMOREPrivate First Class · February 19, 1970
- DARRELL GEORGE WOOD JRFirst Lieutenant · February 19, 1970
- WARREN JOHN FERGUSON JRLance Corporal · February 20, 1970
- DENNIS EARL JOYPrivate First Class · February 20, 1970
From Marlin
- SHERMAN RAY WAITESPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- ROY LEE GREENSAGEPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- TEDDY JAMES TOMCHESSONMajor · May 5, 1968
- AARON LEE SMITHSpecialist Four · March 10, 1969
- JAMES D MOOREStaff Sergeant · April 25, 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.