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PETER PAUL BOHNWAGNER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 10, 1949 – October 26, 1970
Service recordPeter Paul Bohnwagner, of Slate Hill, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1970, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 22
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Slate Hill, New York (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1970; he was the only one lost in Lam Dong Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 22
- JOSEPH PETER JURGELLAPetty Officer First Class · October 25, 1970
- ROBERT M SHUPTRINESpecialist Five · October 25, 1970
- JOSEPH BORRUSO JRPrivate First Class · October 26, 1970
- DONALD RICHARD COOKChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 26, 1970
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.