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PATRICK JOHN BOHAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 29, 1950 – July 10, 1970
Service recordPatrick John Bohan, of Peoria, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 6
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Peoria, Illinois (Peoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 6
- THOMAS ALLEN CAMPBELLSergeant First Class · July 10, 1970
- JOHNNY RAY COBBStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1970
- ROBERT JAMES CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · July 10, 1970
- ROBERT LEE OLDHAMSergeant · July 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- VICTOR LEE DEFOORCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 7
- DANIEL RICHARD HIVELYSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 7
- ROY ALBERT JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 8
- FREDRICK CAROL RAYMOND JRSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 8
From Peoria
- GARY PAUL BLANDLance Corporal · September 22, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DISCHERTLance Corporal · October 11, 1965
- ANTHONY EUGENE PENDOLAPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- DANIEL JAMES SOBOTAPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- JOSEPH MYRON WORKMANPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- KIRK IRWIN RILEYCaptain · December 3, 1965
- JOHN HENRY BELLPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JERRY JACK JOHNSONSecond Lieutenant · June 23, 1966
- HAROLD JOSEPH ALWANLieutenant Colonel · February 27, 1967
- HAROLD EDWARD NULLSpecialist Four · March 24, 1967
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.