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MICHAEL JOSEPH BOSILJEVAC
Major · U.S. Air Force
October 9, 1945 – September 29, 1972
Service recordMichael Joseph Bosiljevac, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on September 29, 1972, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 70
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Electronic Warfare Officer (1575A)
- Born
- October 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- September 29, 1972
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1972. In September 1972, 36 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
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 4W, Line 70
- PAUL JOHN FOTIChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 23, 1971
- JESSIE JAMES GARTHPrivate First Class · March 23, 1971
- JOHN DIETRICH HEINZSergeant · March 23, 1971
- DENNIS MICHAEL HOTALINGSpecialist Four · March 23, 1971
- JEFFREY CHARLES KEETLECorporal · March 23, 1971
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 1966
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.