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PERRY LEONARD BOZEMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 5, 1950 – March 11, 1969
Service recordPerry Leonard Bozeman, of Lomita, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 4
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 5, 1950
- Home of record
- Lomita, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 4
- PHILLIP RAY BAILYPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- WILLIAM HOWARD BARKSDALESergeant · March 11, 1969
- DARYL CHARLES BAUERPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- JOHN LEE BENDORSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BENNIE JOE GRAHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 8
- JAMES HARRISON HORTONSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 10
- WALTER LEE MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 12
- DEAN RUSSELL ORNFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 13
- ROBIN WILLIAM RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 13
From Lomita
- DENNIS RAY CARTERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- RICHARD WARREN HASTINGSLieutenant · April 16, 1966
- GLEN ALAN MUSGUIRELance Corporal · November 14, 1966
- RICHARD ANTHONY BAGLIOPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
- JOHN ROY TIGHEPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- SAMUEL RAY DURHAMSpecialist Four · June 9, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS CARROLLPrivate First Class · October 11, 1967
- JOHN GEOFFREY TURKLance Corporal · January 4, 1968
- RAYMOND DENNIS MCGLOTHINPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- ALAN RUSSELL GUYMONSergeant · April 5, 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.