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PAUL ARTHUR BOGUSKI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 10, 1947 – June 19, 1968
Service recordPaul Arthur Boguski, of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 32
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Okmulgee, Oklahoma (Okmulgee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 32
- WILLIAM A BLEWITT JRPrivate · June 19, 1968
- JOHN STEPHEN BROWNPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- PATRICK ALLEN CONNELLYPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- CHARLES MICHAEL COTTONChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JERRY LEROY ADDISStaff Sergeant · Panel 56W, Line 34
- PAUL LAVERNE OAKES JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 56W, Line 37
- JON RICHARD WINGERSergeant · Panel 55W, Line 3
From Okmulgee
- HERMAN HIRAM RITCHIECaptain · January 13, 1966
- JAMES PHILLIP MCELHANNONLance Corporal · April 6, 1966
- BILLY CHARLES JONESSpecialist Four · January 21, 1967
- RICHARD TARKINGTON JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- RUSSELL FORREST KECKCorporal · May 18, 1967
- RUDY YORK CHALAKEEPrivate · March 10, 1968
- VENCEN ACKERSONSergeant First Class · March 4, 1969
- JIMMIE CHARLES SCROGUMSergeant · July 9, 1969
- MICHAEL SIDNEY MCNEILLAirman First Class · December 5, 1972
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.