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MICHAEL ANTHONY BODAMER
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
December 22, 1946 – May 19, 1967
Service recordMichael Anthony Bodamer, of Carson City, Nevada, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 19, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 39
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- December 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Carson City, Nevada (Carson City (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1967; 29 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 39
- PETER ALBERTPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- KENYON ELROY BEANPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- JERRY LEE BECKHAMSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- HERBERT L ELLINGTONSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- RICHARD KIRK GILLINGHAMCorporal · May 19, 1967
From Carson City
- DAVID LEROY COLLINSCorporal · February 1, 1968
- DANNY LEE SMOTHERSSpecialist Four · March 8, 1968
- DANIEL LEVERNE ACKERMANSergeant · April 10, 1968
- FREDERICK HERB WHITTEMORECommander · April 11, 1968
- KEITH DEGERO TAYLORLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- JAMES RONALD WILLISCorporal · August 1, 1968
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.